Boy · English or Irish surname (uncertain)
Cory
Say it: KOR-ee
Meaning
A spelling of Corey, from an English surname that may derive from the Old Norse personal name Kóri, or partly from Irish surnames; the origin is not settled.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Popular in the US from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1980s
In the United States
- 132,764 babies given this name since 1924
- At its height in 1988, about 1 in 306 boys
- 254 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Corey, Kory, Korey
Famous bearers
- Cory Booker, American politician
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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