Corkey — boys' name
34 babies named Corkey in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Corkey was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Corkey in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Corkey
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Corkey between 1955 and 1973, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Corkey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Corkey performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Corkey shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Corkey 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 34 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.
Corkey at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Corkey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1955
- Peak year (1960)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
34 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 7 births in a single year.
Corkey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 12 births that decade — 35% of Corkey's all-time total
Corkey decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Corkey's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1955–1973 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.