Corey — #678 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Corey

The Social Security Administration has registered 184,687 babies named Corey between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Corey currently holds the #678 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 8,004 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Corey performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 53,604 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Corey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11,923 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Corey in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Corey 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 184,687 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.