# Cory (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cory/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɔ.ɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 133,778 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 127,179 / 6,599 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,185, 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 | 15 | 7,887 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,743 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,702 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,310 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,631 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,087 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,538 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10,758 |
| 2019 | 10 | 9,894 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,079 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8,133 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,503 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,155 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7,004 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,576 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 362 | 650 |
| 2012 | 373 | 641 |
| 2013 | 377 | 648 |
| 2014 | 357 | 696 |
| 2015 | 341 | 723 |
| 2016 | 320 | 760 |
| 2017 | 301 | 778 |
| 2018 | 242 | 894 |
| 2019 | 244 | 900 |
| 2020 | 245 | 910 |
| 2021 | 221 | 991 |
| 2022 | 182 | 1,144 |
| 2023 | 174 | 1,179 |
| 2024 | 197 | 1,096 |
| 2025 | 160 | 1,245 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 2,096 |
| 1997 | 7 | 2,152 |
| 1998 | 6 | 2,407 |
| 1999 | 9 | 1,805 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 92 | 425 |
| 2012 | 79 | 484 |
| 2013 | 87 | 451 |
| 2014 | 76 | 509 |
| 2015 | 43 | 753 |
| 2016 | 46 | 732 |
| 2017 | 53 | 661 |
| 2018 | 36 | 851 |
| 2019 | 29 | 974 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 37 | 841 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,084 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Cory

- Cory Booker, American politician (born 1969)
- Cory Doctorow, Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author
- Cory Monteith, Canadian actor (1982-2013)
- Cory Edwards, American film director and comedian (born 1968)
- Cory Joseph, Canadian basketball player (born 1991)
- Cory Michael Smith, American actor
- Cory Higgins, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Cory Schneider, American ice hockey player
- Cory Lidle, American baseball player (1972–2006)
- Cory Sandhagen, American mixed martial artist (born 1992)
- Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
- Cory Hardrict, American actor

## 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.