Cory Boy
How popular is Cory?
#1,244 boy name in 2025
160 baby boys were named Cory in the US in 2025, making it the 1244th most popular boy name. Another 14 girls got the name (#7,489 for girls).
Cory popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,244 for boys (▼ 148 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 160 boys, 14 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #722 in 2015, #910 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1989 (6,450 boys) |
| Highest rank | #59 in 1988 |
| First recorded | 1924 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 94% boys, 6% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cory counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Corey family of names ranked #517 for boys in 2025 (#444 the year before), with 569 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cory is most popular
Babies named Cory per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Cory by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1940s | 174 | #1,179 |
| 1950s | 1,627 | #454 |
| 1960s | 5,896 | #160 |
| 1970s | 27,509 | #67 |
| 1980s | 44,358 | #59 |
| 1990s | 34,166 | #67 |
| 2000s | 8,903 | #227 |
| 2010s | 3,355 | #577 |
| 2020s | 1,179 | #910 |
Boy names about as popular as Cory
Questions
- Is Cory a boy or girl name?
- Cory is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Cory were boys.
- How popular is the name Cory?
- 160 baby boys were named Cory in the US in 2025, making it the 1244th most popular boy name. Another 14 girls got the name (#7,489 for girls).
- When was Cory most popular?
- Cory peaked in 1989, when 6,450 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #59 in 1988.
- How many people are named Cory?
- 133,778 babies have been named Cory in the US since 1880. We estimate about 126,012 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 39.
- Where is Cory most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cory was most common in Indiana, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.