# Corrie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/corrie/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “cauldron”, “boiler”, “corrie” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɒɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Corry |
| US babies named this | 9,851 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,284 / 8,567 (87% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 229, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic coire (“cauldron, boiler; corrie”), which denotes a bowl-shaped geographical feature similar to a cirque.

## 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 | 15 | 7,886 |
| 2012 | 23 | 5,750 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4,785 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6,252 |
| 2015 | 40 | 3,785 |
| 2016 | 43 | 3,599 |
| 2017 | 30 | 4,601 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,799 |
| 2019 | 47 | 3,345 |
| 2020 | 43 | 3,510 |
| 2021 | 40 | 3,752 |
| 2022 | 35 | 4,131 |
| 2023 | 44 | 3,537 |
| 2024 | 37 | 3,983 |
| 2025 | 33 | 4,282 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7 | 9,307 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,391 |
| 2007 | 14 | 5,967 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,078 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,145 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,276 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,654 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,014 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,511 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8,910 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,577 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,551 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,142 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,457 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,420 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 23 | 916 |
| 1997 | 29 | 789 |
| 1998 | 20 | 1,036 |
| 1999 | 11 | 1,557 |
| 2000 | 11 | 1,594 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,727 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 21 | 728 |
| 1997 | 16 | 914 |
| 1998 | 12 | 1,110 |
| 1999 | 23 | 718 |
| 2000 | 12 | 1,167 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2002 | 9 | 1,519 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,070 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |

## People named Corrie

- Corrie Laddé, Dutch swimmer (1915-1996)
- Corrie Winkel, Dutch swimmer
- Corrie de Bruin, Dutch discus thrower and shot putter

## 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.