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Korey

Gender
Boy
Say it
KOR-ee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#2,511 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,718 for boys

Korey is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).

What does Korey mean?

English: spelling of Corey, a surname with English and Irish roots

A respelling of Corey, a surname that may come from the Old Norse name Kori or the Irish Ó Comhraidhe.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Korey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 47 boys in the US.

How popular is Korey in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,511among boys
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 62% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Korey, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 53 boys.

Half of all the boys named Korey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014. 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 Korey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #403, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 53 in 20062025
Korey in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#2,511
20246#3,335
202310#2,303
20228#2,678
20213#4,989
202020#1,356
201924#1,193
201822#1,280
201717#1,563
201628#1,109
201529#1,064
201430#1,031
201346#768
201238#889
201148#737
201042#786
200934#900
200847#717
200738#796
200653#605
200540#720
200419#1,110
200312#1,418
200217#1,067
200112#1,283
200010#1,405
199919#900
199820#844
199718#899
199614#1,021

How popular is Korey in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,718among boys
Babies in 2025
47about 1 in 36,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 35% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Korey, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,815th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 507 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953. 7 girls were also named Korey in 2025 (11,928th for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Korey than any year since 1967.

Half of all the boys named Korey in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 613 boys in the US were given Korey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #497, up from #2,718 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 13% of the babies named Korey in the US were girls.

1953Busiest: 507 in 19902025
Korey in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202547#2,718
202450#2,637
202365#2,187
202257#2,437
202181#1,883
202082#1,815
201985#1,805
201882#1,837
201772#1,977
2016106#1,556
201598#1,625
201494#1,641
2013116#1,427
2012130#1,314
2011124#1,359
2010135#1,284
2009141#1,256
2008170#1,090
2007141#1,246
2006188#985
2005207#879
2004177#948
2003225#774
2002239#734
2001256#699
2000195#819
1999238#702
1998237#702
1997222#710
1996295#604
1995334#558
1994330#563
1993377#525
1992365#532
1991435#474
1990507#437
1989485#427
1988393#456
1987358#466
1986310#496
1985317#487
1984201#599
1983206#596
1982167#675
1981174#645
1980215#586
1979164#667
1978173#634
1977248#533
1976156#655
1975158#653
1974113#761
1973112#756
1972100#797
1971135#711
1970140#703
1969127#701
196864#898
196730#1,387
196625#1,539
196521#1,719
196418#1,899
196321#1,743
196225#1,587
196125#1,601
196011#2,533
19598#3,036
195811#2,504
195710#2,629
19568#2,967
19556#3,503
19540–
19535#3,796

Names like Korey

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

Other spellings of Korey

Names related to Korey

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