How rare is the name Korey?

10,107 people in the United States have the first name Korey, about 1 in 29,883. It ranks #2,451 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KOREY

#2,451

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,107
About
1 in 29,883
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,107 people named Korey, 61.2% reported their origin as White, 26.7% as Black and 5.3% as two or more races. 88.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Korey peaked in 1990, when 551 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
551
In 2025*
54 ▼90%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 12,863 babies have been given the name since 1953. 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.

Korey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,101. The largest share of babies named Korey, 45.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#7,89353
1960s#2,823431
1970s#1,4061,755
1980s#1,1013,166
1990s#1,1463,705
2000s#1,9802,120
2010s#3,1591,193
2020s#4,351440
Baby boom 1946–641.4%
Generation X 1965–8017.9%
Millennials 1981–9645.4%
Generation Z 1997–1225.8%
2013 and later9.4%

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 Korey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Korey has been most common in Louisiana (2.2×), Michigan (1.8×), and Missouri (1.7×), and least common in South Carolina (0.47×).

8,472 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 Korey

#2,449 Lennon · 10,125#2,450 Oakley · 10,116#2,452 Neha · 10,101#2,453 Tai · 10,097

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,047 Kory · 13,277#18,210 Koree · 594#22,678 Korry · 437#29,690 Koray · 297#31,941 Korea · 266#32,182 Kore · 263#39,641 Korrey · 190

Also a last name

As a last name, Korey ranks #59,889 of 156,621, with 364 people. See Korey as a last name

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