Masculine dossier · first seen 1924

Cory

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cory
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.9% from peak

Peak era

1989

Peak rank proxy

6,450

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1924Peak 19892024

Peak year

1989

Decline from peak

96.9%

2024

197

All-time

127,023

Cory once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1989, when 6,450 boys were named Cory.

In 2024, only 197 boys were given the name.

Down 96.9% from its peak.

All told, about 127,023 Americans have been named Cory and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1924.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.9% from peak

In 1989:6,450 boys named Cory

In 2024:197 boys named Cory

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