# Corey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/corey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Norse |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɔ.ɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cory, Kory, Korey |
| US babies named this | 194,076 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 185,020 / 9,056 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12,832, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 6,393 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,590 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,474 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,065 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,518 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,836 |
| 2017 | 23 | 5,552 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,494 |
| 2019 | 29 | 4,679 |
| 2020 | 31 | 4,376 |
| 2021 | 24 | 5,268 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,514 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,013 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,693 |
| 2025 | 24 | 5,278 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,027 | 313 |
| 2012 | 880 | 351 |
| 2013 | 879 | 358 |
| 2014 | 809 | 384 |
| 2015 | 755 | 412 |
| 2016 | 770 | 415 |
| 2017 | 650 | 467 |
| 2018 | 623 | 465 |
| 2019 | 586 | 491 |
| 2020 | 539 | 530 |
| 2021 | 517 | 552 |
| 2022 | 437 | 635 |
| 2023 | 430 | 642 |
| 2024 | 403 | 678 |
| 2025 | 327 | 778 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7 | 2,189 |
| 2000 | 12 | 1,475 |
| 2001 | 12 | 1,520 |
| 2002 | 10 | 1,784 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 634 | 104 |
| 2012 | 540 | 117 |
| 2013 | 461 | 131 |
| 2014 | 376 | 147 |
| 2015 | 337 | 174 |
| 2016 | 276 | 202 |
| 2017 | 246 | 214 |
| 2018 | 226 | 228 |
| 2019 | 221 | 228 |
| 2020 | 163 | 284 |
| 2021 | 150 | 312 |
| 2022 | 114 | 371 |
| 2023 | 91 | 431 |
| 2024 | 75 | 519 |
| 2025 | 65 | 593 |

## People named Corey

- Corey Taylor, American musician
- Corey Stoll, American stage and screen actor
- Corey Feldman, American actor and musician
- Corey Haim, Canadian actor (1971–2010)
- Corey Hawkins, American actor
- Corey Brewer, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
- Corey Hart, Canadian musician and singer
- Corey Burton, American voice actor
- Corey Graves, American professional wrestler
- Corey Allen, American film & TV director and actor (1934–2010)
- Corey Beaulieu, American guitarist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.