girls:
1.3k births since 1957
#4405 (23rd percentile)
boys:
14.3k births since 1952
#975 (79th percentile)
overall:
15.6k births since 1952
#2090 (73rd percentile)
The name Kory is the #2,090 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,626 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 73.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #975 (78.7% percentile) for all time with 14,307 births since 1952. For girls, it ranks #4,405 (22.9% percentile) for all time with 1,319 births since 1957.
Kory first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for boys and 1957 for girls).
The name Kory has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 85.7% of babies named Kory were boys.
For boys, Kory reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 54.2% percentile (ranked #347) with 287 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 287 births per million (ranked 54.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kory ranks #868 for boys (4.7% percentile) with 26 births per million, which is 9.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kory reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #776) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kory ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 17.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kory".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kory", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 34 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Corey" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Corey..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kory. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.4% confident that Kory 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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