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Cory

Gender
Boy
Say it
KOR-ee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#1,686 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,244 for boys

Cory is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 1,244th for boys in the US (160 babies).

Where does Cory come from?

English: spelling of Corey, a surname perhaps from the Old Norse name Kori

More on Wiktionary.

Is Cory a girl's or a boy's name?

Cory is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 14 girls and 160 boys in the US.

How popular is Cory in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,686th among boys
Babies in 2025
16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Cory, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 258 boys.

2025 had the fewest boys named Cory since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Cory in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 117 boys in the UK were given Cory or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #403, up from #1,686 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 258 in 19962025
Cory in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202516#1,686
202424#1,230
202317#1,571
202227#1,130
202146#798
202030#1,033
201936#909
201840#860
201759#665
201657#683
201553#700
201494#481
201397#463
201295#463
2011103#424
2010132#359
2009127#351
2008178#270
2007186#250
2006159#264
2005150#256
2004196#211
2003189#212
2002146#238
2001175#207
2000170#206
1999194#194
1998194#191
1997234#168
1996258#149

How popular is Cory in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,244th among boys
Babies in 2025
160 about 1 in 11,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 27% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 160 boys in the US were named Cory, making it the 1,244th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 910th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 6,450 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924. 14 girls were also named Cory in 2025 (7,489th for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Cory than any year since 1954.

Half of all the boys named Cory in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 613 boys in the US were given Cory or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #497, up from #1,244 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 21% of the babies named Cory in the US in 1945, and 8% in 2025.

1924Busiest: 6,450 in 19892025
Cory in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025160#1,244
2024197#1,096
2023174#1,176
2022182#1,144
2021221#991
2020245#910
2019244#897
2018242#894
2017301#777
2016320#760
2015341#722
2014357#696
2013377#648
2012373#641
2011362#650
2010438#577
2009544#499
2008608#457
2007706#416
2006653#429
2005773#373
2004817#349
2003924#320
20021,119#275
20011,263#260
20001,496#227
19991,704#198
19982,075#164
19972,083#166
19962,446#144
19953,010#123
19943,529#102
19933,997#94
19924,436#83
19915,121#74
19905,765#67
19896,450#61
19886,266#59
19875,849#62
19864,871#68
19853,868#81
19843,505#83
19833,404#83
19823,237#93
19813,352#90
19803,556#83
19793,587#82
19783,842#73
19774,259#67
19763,182#83
19752,573#99
19742,328#114
19732,034#128
19721,957#136
19711,985#150
19701,762#164
19691,783#160
1968717#274
1967438#358
1966444#356
1965450#361
1964430#381
1963394#405
1962441#381
1961446#373
1960353#427
1959311#454
1958282#469
1957284#456
1956184#559
1955209#507
1954139#626
195363#902
195246#1,065
195163#880
195046#1,036
194926#1,433
194826#1,429
194725#1,481
194617#1,758
194531#1,179
194417#1,682
194314#1,985
194213#2,041
19415#3,504
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19365#3,548
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19247#3,504

Names like Cory

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Cody, Ryan, Brody, Casey, Bradley, Kody, Connor, Dylan, Rory, Conan, Toby, Kevin

Other spellings of Cory

Corey, Korey, Kory, Kori, Cori, Khori, Corrie

Names related to Cory

Corry, Correy

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie

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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, “Cory: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cory, updated 20 October 2026.