first name
COREY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 156,599 people named Corey, 66.6% reported their origin as White, 24% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. 95.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Corey peaked in 1989, when 8,290 babies got the name.
At least 194,076 babies have been given the name since 1919. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Corey by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #115. The largest share of babies named Corey, 48.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Corey is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Corey has been most common in Louisiana (2×), New Hampshire (1.9×), and Vermont (1.7×), and least common in New Mexico (0.55×).
189,486 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Corey
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Corey, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Corey ranks #2,496 of 156,621, with 14,106 people. See Corey as a last name
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