Unisex name · since 1970
Korby
Korby has 94 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 94
- total births
- 1970–2000
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
Korby sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 94 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Korby has been recorded 94 times among boys since 1970, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2000.
- 94 total births
- 1970–2000 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 41% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Korby's 94 recorded births place it above 61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Korby's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Korby's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Korby popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2000
- Peak year (1971)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Korby popularity over time - girls
12 total births recorded since 1956 (Korby as girls' name)
Korby by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Korby's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Korby births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
39 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 39 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Korby's decade-level peak was the 1970s (39 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Korby: Baby Name Since 1970 - 94 Births, Peak 1971." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/korby. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Korby draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.