Recorded 1924–2025 · United States
Cory was most popular in 1989, when 6,660 American babies were given the name — ranking #117 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,426, with 174 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 133,778 people named Cory.
Cory first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1924, which makes it about 101 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 88 of the 102 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 133,778 American births named Cory between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 125,580 are estimated to be alive today.
174 American babies were named Cory in 2025, ranking #2,426 that year.
Cory is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 203 births a year, against 374 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -46% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Cory is a boy’s name — 4.9% of the 133,778 Americans given it were girls and 95.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 6% girls and 94% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 125,580 Americans named Cory are alive today — 94% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 39 years old, and half are between 33 and 47.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org