Jorey — boys' name
238 babies named Jorey in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Jorey was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Jorey in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jorey
The Social Security Administration has registered 238 babies named Jorey between 1973 and 2021, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jorey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Jorey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 25 additional births since 1993.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jorey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jorey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jorey 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 238 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.
Jorey at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jorey popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1973
- Peak year (1990)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
238 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 17 births in a single year.
Jorey popularity over time — girls
25 total births recorded since 1993 (Jorey as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jorey accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jorey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 110 births that decade — 46% of Jorey's all-time total
Jorey decade highlights
- Peak decade 110 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jorey's strongest decade
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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, 1973–2021 (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.