girls:
51 births since 1929
#5665 (1st percentile)
boys:
610 births since 1928
#3976 (13th percentile)
overall:
661 births since 1928
#7078 (9th percentile)
The name Corky is the #7,078 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 661 recorded births since 1928. This represents the 8.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,976 (13.2% percentile) for all time with 610 births since 1928. For girls, it ranks #5,665 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 51 births since 1929.
Corky first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1928 (1928 for boys and 1929 for girls). Birth data for Corky is available in 52 out of the 64 years between 1928 and 1991 (52 years for boys and 8 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 Corky has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Corky reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #639) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1991.
For girls, Corky reached its peak popularity in 1954, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #717) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1954, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1959.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Corky".
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