girls:
9k births since 1945
#1707 (70th percentile)
boys:
184.3k births since 1919
#195 (96th percentile)
overall:
193.3k births since 1919
#400 (95th percentile)
The name Corey is the #400 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 193,302 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 94.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 94.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #195 (95.8% percentile) for all time with 184,286 births since 1919. For girls, it ranks #1,707 (70.1% percentile) for all time with 9,016 births since 1945.
Corey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for boys and 1945 for girls). Birth data for Corey is available in 90 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023 (90 years for boys and 77 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Corey has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Corey reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 92.9% percentile (ranked #55) with 3,819 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 3,819 births per million (ranked 92.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1991, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Corey ranks #536 for boys (41.2% percentile) with 233 births per million, which is 6.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Corey reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 42.6% percentile (ranked #468) with 213 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 213 births per million (ranked 42.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Corey ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 5.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Corey".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Corey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.9% confident that Corey is pronounced as KAW-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAW-rai, at 9.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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