Boys' name · peaked in 1988
Cory name popularity since 1925
133,771 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Cory (4.9% girls, 95.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1987 or earlier, so the typical Cory is about 39 years old in 2026. Cory peaked in 1988 as the #59 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 133,771
- Named Cory, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,245 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 95.1% boys
- 6,599 girls · 127,172 boys
- Most popular in
- Montana
- 2.39× its national share
Peak year is the year Cory made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Cory births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1989. Measured as a share of all babies, Cory peaked in 1988.
- Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, Cory became 4.8× more common, from 1 in 3,980 baby boys to 1 in 829.
- Steepest fall: Between 1998 and 2003, its share of baby boys fell by 57%, from 1 in 921 to 1 in 2,140.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Cory's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Cory.
Decade by decade
Babies named Cory in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 5 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 51 | 174 | #1,187 |
| 1950s | 341 | 1,627 | #508 |
| 1960s | 617 | 5,896 | #361 |
| 1970s | 1,943 | 27,509 | #99 |
| 1980s | 2,071 | 44,358 | #81 |
| 1990s | 1,119 | 34,166 | #123 |
| 2000s | 234 | 8,903 | #373 |
| 2010s | 128 | 3,355 | #723 |
| 2020–25 | 90 | 1,179 | #1,245 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
53.8% of babies named Cory from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Cory is most popular
The index compares Cory's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Cory.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 2.39× | 911 |
| Wyoming | 2.25× | 396 |
| North Dakota | 2.14× | 879 |
| Utah | 2.12× | 2,356 |
| Iowa | 1.92× | 3,177 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Cory and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Cory (this page) | 127,172 | 1988 |
| Corey | 185,010 | 1989 |
| Kory | 14,385 | 1989 |
| Corry | 2,156 | 1977 |
| Correy | 1,099 | 1979 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Cory's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Cory.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Cory (1988).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data