Recorded 1973–1997 Boys' name Peak 1973 49 births

Corye — boys' name

49 babies named Corye in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s111980s271990s11
1980s
Peak decade

55% of everyone ever named Corye was born in this single decade.

1973
Single peak year

6 babies were named Corye in 1973 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Corye

The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Corye between 1973 and 1997, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Corye currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Corye performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Corye shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Corye 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 49 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.

Corye at a glance

Last recorded 1997

Total births

49

Since 1973

25 years of records

Peak year

1973

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1997

Active since

1973

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 1997

Corye popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1973

Last recorded 1997
Peak year (1973)
6
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
4.555.566.5 199719911989198819841982198019751973 6

Corye by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
27 births that decade — 55% of Corye's all-time total
1970s111980s271990s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Corye?
49 babies have been named Corye since 1973. It was last recorded in 1997. The peak year was 1973 with 6 births.
When was Corye most popular?
Corye was most popular in the 1980s decade with 27 total births. The single peak year was 1973.
How long has the name Corye been used?
Corye has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 25 years of data through 1997.
What names are similar to Corye?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Corey, Cory, Corbin, Cornelius, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1973–1997 (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.