Corby
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOR-bee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Corby is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “farm of Kori”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Corby mean?
English: English place name and surname, from Old Norse Kori's by 'farm'
“farm of Kori”
Transferred use of an English surname and place name of Old Norse origin, found in Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire.
Is Corby a girl's or a boy's name?
Corby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Corby in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Corby in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Corby in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Corby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Corby, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1973, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the boys named Corby in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1954, 72% of the babies named Corby in the US were girls. By 1998 it was 23%, with more boys than girls since 1963.
Corby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,162 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 42 | #1,407 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,286 |
| 1975 | 58 | #1,099 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,229 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,054 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,466 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,373 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,221 |
| 1968 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,608 |
| 1966 | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,547 |
| 1962 | 19 | #1,851 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 22 | #1,714 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
Names like Corby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cody Corey Toby Casey Rory Sonny Lenny Bradley Kody Colby Rocky Coby
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Corby: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/corby, updated 20 October 2026.