Corky — boys' name

What the Data Says About Corky

The Social Security Administration has registered 610 babies named Corky between 1928 and 1991, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Corky currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 31 babies received it in a single year. Corky is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 51 additional births since 1929.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Corky performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 198 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Corky shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Corky in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Corky 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 610 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.