Boys' name · since 1919
Corey
Corey has 185,020 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #197 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #778 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 185,020
- born since 1919
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Corey is the #778 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 185,020 recorded since 1919.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Corey has been recorded 185,020 times among boys since 1919, currently ranked #778 nationally and more common than 94% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #197 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #778 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 185,020 born since 1919
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Corey ranks #197 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #778 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 185,020 born since 1919, peaking in the 1980s.
- #197 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #778 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 185,020
- born since 1919
- 1980s
- peak decade
Corey's 185,020 recorded births place it above 99.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Corey compares
185,020 Top 2% higher than 98% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Corey's all-time total is 501x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Corey | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 185,020 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8,003 | 34 | 22,252 |
Corey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Corey's full recorded timeline at 1980, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 8,003 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Corey popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 8,003
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Corey popularity over time - girls
9,056 total births recorded since 1945 (Corey as girls' name)
Corey by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (53,598 births, 29% of the file).
1980s was Corey's strongest decade.
53,598 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Corey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 21
1920s
21 births
- 1930s 15
1930s
15 births
- 1940s 223
1940s
223 births
- 1950s 1,856
1950s
1,856 births
- 1960s 9,968
1960s
9,968 births
- 1970s
1970s
41,000 births
- 1980s
1980s
53,598 births
- 1990s
1990s
50,223 births
- 2000s 17,468
2000s
17,468 births
- 2010s 7,990
2010s
7,990 births
- 2020s 2,653
2020s
2,653 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 53,598 births (29% of all-time use).
How Corey compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Corey's total volume
Corey by state
Where Corey concentrates geographically, total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11,953 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11,200 | 6.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 11,169 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 9,151 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 8,644 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 8,510 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 8,349 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 8,307 | 4.5% |
11,953 of 185,020 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Corey appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Corey's data
- Corey's decade-level peak was the 1980s (53,598 total births); usage has since declined to 2,653 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Coreys (11,953 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Corey
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Corey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~106 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1919–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Corey draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.