How rare is the name Cory?

113,340 people in the United States have the first name Cory, about 1 in 2,665. It ranks #496 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CORY

#496

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
113,340
About
1 in 2,665
This common or more
58.3%
Who bears it

Of the 113,340 people named Cory, 80.4% reported their origin as White, 10.1% as Black and 3.8% as two or more races. 94.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cory peaked in 1989, when 6,660 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19242025
Peak year
1989
Births that year
6,660
In 2025*
174 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 133,778 babies have been given the name since 1924. 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.

Cory by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #128. The largest share of babies named Cory, 53.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1920s#12,7817
1930s#10,55210
1940s#3,168225
1950s#1,1781,968
1960s#6616,513
1970s#20129,452
1980s#12846,429
1990s#20535,285
2000s#6759,137
2010s#1,4873,483
2020s#2,1561,269
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–643.4%
Generation X 1965–8027.9%
Millennials 1981–9653.7%
Generation Z 1997–1212.3%
2013 and later2.6%

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 Cory is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cory has been most common in Montana (2.3×), Wyoming (2.3×), and Utah (2.2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.35×).

128,760 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 Cory

#494 Sonia · 113,726#495 Peyton · 113,474#497 Marcia · 113,325#498 Naomi · 113,178

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cory, most common first.

#357 Corey · 156,599#809 Cora · 58,912#2,231 Cori · 11,717#6,983 Corry · 2,232#40,711 Core · 182#45,183 Cor · 151#47,857 Coray · 135#48,685 Coury · 130

Also a last name

As a last name, Cory ranks #6,262 of 156,621, with 5,229 people. See Cory as a last name

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