Corey

A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning from the hollow; possibly descendant of core.

Babies a year
666
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#778
down from #678
UK popularity
#593
65 babies · down from #519

How Corey has moved

US popularity rank, 20152025. Lower is more popular.
#349#596#842201520202025#778

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#413
2016#414
2017#467
2018#465
2019#491
2020#530
2021#552
2022#633
2023#642
2024#678
2025#778

In 2025, 65 babies in England and Wales were named Corey. In the US, 666 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 8,003 in 1989.

Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Corey was most common in 1990, when it went to 0.36% of American babies of that sex.

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