girls:
6.6k births since 1932
#2027 (65th percentile)
boys:
126.8k births since 1924
#258 (94th percentile)
overall:
133.4k births since 1924
#559 (93rd percentile)
The name Cory is the #559 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 133,390 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 92.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 92.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #258 (94.4% percentile) for all time with 126,822 births since 1924. For girls, it ranks #2,027 (64.5% percentile) for all time with 6,568 births since 1932.
Cory first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (1924 for boys and 1932 for girls). Birth data for Cory is available in 86 out of the 100 years between 1924 and 2023 (85 years for boys and 79 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 Cory has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.0% of babies named Cory were boys.
For boys, Cory reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 92.1% percentile (ranked #61) with 3,077 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 3,131 births per million (ranked 92.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1990, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Cory ranks #743 for boys (18.5% percentile) with 94 births per million, which is 3.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Cory reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 35.1% percentile (ranked #491) with 172 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 172 births per million (ranked 35.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Cory ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 4.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cory".
These names exclude other spelling variations of Corey. View all variations of Corey.
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Cory. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.4% confident that Cory is pronounced as KAW-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAW-REE, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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