# Korey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/korey/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,863 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,443 / 1,420 (11% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 623, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century American variant of Cory.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13 | 8,991 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10,833 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,435 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,893 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,304 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,596 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,560 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9,081 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,384 |
| 2019 | 21 | 5,900 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,209 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,547 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,832 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,268 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,584 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 124 | 1,360 |
| 2012 | 130 | 1,319 |
| 2013 | 116 | 1,429 |
| 2014 | 94 | 1,648 |
| 2015 | 98 | 1,634 |
| 2016 | 106 | 1,561 |
| 2017 | 72 | 1,990 |
| 2018 | 82 | 1,847 |
| 2019 | 85 | 1,811 |
| 2020 | 82 | 1,822 |
| 2021 | 81 | 1,896 |
| 2022 | 57 | 2,456 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,209 |
| 2024 | 50 | 2,651 |
| 2025 | 47 | 2,736 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 36 | 811 |
| 2011 | 40 | 767 |
| 2012 | 36 | 852 |
| 2013 | 39 | 788 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,187 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Korey

- Korey Dropkin, American curler
- Korey Smith, English association football player
- Korey Jarvis, Canadian wrestler

## 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.