Unisex name · since 1953
Korey
Korey has 11,443 recorded births since 1953 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,112 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,736 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,443
- born since 1953
- 1990s
- peak decade
11,443 babies have been named Korey since 1953, making it today's #2736 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Korey has been recorded 11,443 times among boys since 1953, currently ranked #2736 nationally and more common than 80% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2025.
- #1,112 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,736 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 11,443 born since 1953
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Korey ranks #1,112 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,736 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 11,443 born since 1953, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,112 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,736 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,443
- born since 1953
- 1990s
- peak decade
Korey's 11,443 recorded births place it above 97.55% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Korey compares
11,443 Top 8% higher than 92% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Korey's all-time total is 31x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Korey | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,443 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 507 | 34 | 22,252 |
Korey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Korey's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1953, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 507, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Korey popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 507
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Korey popularity over time - girls
1,420 total births recorded since 1959 (Korey as girls' name)
Korey by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (3,340 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Korey's strongest decade.
3,340 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Korey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 48
1950s
48 births
- 1960s 367
1960s
367 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,499 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,826 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,340 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,939 births
- 2010s 1,042
2010s
1,042 births
- 2020s 382
2020s
382 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 3,340 births (29% of all-time use).
How Korey compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Korey's total volume
Korey by state
Where Korey concentrates geographically, total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 832 | 7.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 803 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 553 | 4.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 518 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 508 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 481 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 443 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 391 | 3.4% |
832 of 11,443 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Korey appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Korey's data
- Korey's decade-level peak was the 1990s (3,340 total births); usage has since declined to 382 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Koreys (832 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Korey
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Korey
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Korey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~72 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1953–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Korey 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 August 2026.