Corby — boys' name

What the Data Says About Corby

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,350 babies named Corby between 1922 and 2021, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Corby currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 59 babies received it in a single year. Corby is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 303 additional births since 1954.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Corby performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 418 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Corby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 97 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Nebraska and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Corby in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Corby in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,350 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.