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Cory

Cory: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“from Corey; uncertain”
Origin
Unknown
Say it
KOR-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (95% of all uses)

Usually a variant of Corey/Corey-related surnames and given names. It may connect to an Irish surname or to the Old Norse name Kori; etymology is uncertain. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

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How popular is Cory?

202464.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Cory in 2024213

2024 rank#1,093 boys

Peak year1988

Total US babies since 1880133,608

Cory is fading: recent use is about 61% of its level ten years before.

Names like Cory

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Coreyfrom the hollow · Unknown
  • Koriuncertain; also chestnut in Japanese · Unknown
  • Corimaiden · Greek
  • Koreyfrom the hollow · Irish
  • Koryfrom Corey; hollow · Greek
  • Kaisea; shell; forgiveness · Unknown
  • Arlouncertain · Unknown
  • Garyuncertain · Unknown

Cory questions

What does the name Cory mean?

Cory means "from Corey; uncertain". It comes from Unknown. Usually a variant of Corey/Corey-related surnames and given names. It may connect to an Irish surname or to the Old Norse name Kori; etymology is uncertain.

Is Cory a boy or girl name?

Cory is mainly a boy's name in US records (95% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Cory?

213 US babies were named Cory in 2024. Its peak year was 1988.

How do you pronounce Cory?

Cory is usually pronounced KOR-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.