Korby — boys' name
94 babies named Korby in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Korby was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Korby in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Korby
The Social Security Administration has registered 94 babies named Korby between 1970 and 2000, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Korby currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Korby is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 1956.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Korby performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Korby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Korby 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 94 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.
Korby at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Korby popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1970
- Peak year (1971)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
94 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 10 births in a single year.
Korby popularity over time — girls
12 total births recorded since 1956 (Korby as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Korby accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Korby by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 39 births that decade — 41% of Korby's all-time total
Korby decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Korby's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1970–2000 (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.