How rare is the name Kory?

13,277 people in the United States have the first name Kory, about 1 in 22,748. It ranks #2,047 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KORY

#2,047

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,277
About
1 in 22,748
This common or more
78.3%
Who bears it

Of the 13,277 people named Kory, 77.2% reported their origin as White, 10.4% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. 90.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kory peaked in 1989, when 651 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19522025
Peak year
1989
Births that year
651
In 2025*
45 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 15,723 babies have been given the name since 1952. 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.

Kory by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #870. The largest share of babies named Kory, 47.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#3,831211
1960s#1,7511,062
1970s#1,0732,826
1980s#8704,510
1990s#1,0594,272
2000s#2,3341,659
2010s#4,003832
2020s#5,025351
Baby boom 1946–643.9%
Generation X 1965–8024.4%
Millennials 1981–9647.8%
Generation Z 1997–1218%
2013 and later5.9%

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 Kory is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kory has been most common in Utah (3.8×), Iowa (2.9×), and Wisconsin (2.3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.27×).

11,280 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 Kory

#2,045 Saundra · 13,329#2,046 Roosevelt · 13,325#2,048 Kirby · 13,276#2,049 Lula · 13,248

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,136 Kori · 12,496#2,451 Korey · 10,107#3,684 Kora · 5,518#22,678 Korry · 437#29,690 Koray · 297#32,182 Kore · 263#38,650 Kor · 198#46,361 Koury · 144

Also a last name

As a last name, Kory ranks #50,816 of 156,621, with 444 people. See Kory as a last name

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