# Kory (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kory/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,723 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,385 / 1,338 (9% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 292, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century US 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 11,717 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,857 |
| 2013 | 12 | 9,342 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,306 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,866 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,894 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,195 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,512 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,168 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,212 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,968 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,294 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,738 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,269 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,800 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 86 | 1,726 |
| 2012 | 72 | 1,975 |
| 2013 | 75 | 1,891 |
| 2014 | 75 | 1,934 |
| 2015 | 83 | 1,812 |
| 2016 | 72 | 2,002 |
| 2017 | 65 | 2,119 |
| 2018 | 50 | 2,563 |
| 2019 | 58 | 2,352 |
| 2020 | 52 | 2,490 |
| 2021 | 46 | 2,758 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2,285 |
| 2023 | 48 | 2,719 |
| 2024 | 42 | 2,985 |
| 2025 | 35 | 3,352 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## 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.