Corey

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Corey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Corey: Recorded since 1969, it reached #37 in 2006, and it stood at #468 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
166times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#37highest recorded position
33groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Corey's record

Held a top-100 place for 38 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 287 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2016

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#974
1997	#1234
1998	#1319
1999	#2189
2000	#1475
2001	#1520
2002	#1784
2003	#2191
2004	#2802
2005	#3382
2006	#3548
2007	#4294
2008	#5545
2009	#3031
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2014	#3514
2016	#4763

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 39 of the 57 years from 1969 to 2025.

In 2024: #181 among boys in Scotland, #216 among boys in Northern Ireland, #231 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #519 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1969–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #270 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #37 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Corey appears in 7 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 39 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 1,232 births with the name.

Corey across 7 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Corey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#270 (1969)	#108 (1998)	#468 (2025)	39 of 57	1,232 (1969–2025)	63 (2008)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#90 (1975)	#38 (1996)	#86 (2004)	27 of 30	3,868 (1975–2004)	263 (1996)
England and Wales · Boys	#101 (1996)	#80 (2006)	#519 (2024)	29 of 29	12,622 (1996–2024)	834 (2006)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#68 (1997)	#37 (2006)	#216 (2024)	28 of 28	1,154 (1997–2024)	81 (2012)
New Zealand · Boys	#94 (1973)	#48 (1991)	#94 (1998)	22 of 26	1,656 (1973–1998)	131 (1991)
England and Wales · Girls	#974 (1996)	#974 (1996)	#4763 (2016)	18 of 21	145 (1996–2016)	21 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#516 (1995)	#516 (1995)	#620 (2002)	2 of 8	6 (1995–2002)	3 (1995)

Corey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Corey in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1980s	6	1 of 10	6
1990s	255	10 of 10	26
2000sbusiest	414	10 of 10	41
2010s	413	10 of 10	41
2020s	136	6 of 10	23

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 41 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Corey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #37 in Northern Ireland in 2007.

Corey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#519	75	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#431	91	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#371	114	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#312	150	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#284	163	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#228	221	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#228	226	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#214	246	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#202	276	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#174	337	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#147	376	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#131	461	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#117	540	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#104	634	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#103	634	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#106	610	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#86	778	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#93	702	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#80	834	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#91	665	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#110	503	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#99	526	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#105	465	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#109	403	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#104	461	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#107	475	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#98	545	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#90	584	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#974	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#101	527	High	Verified
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#86	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#64	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	138	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	152	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	194	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	186	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	201	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	263	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	236	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#45	234	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	212	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	240	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	197	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#59	160	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#64	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New Zealand	male	#94	54	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#79	65	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#76	70	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#79	73	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	male	#75	80	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#64	99	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	male	#63	103	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	male	#48	131	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	male	#55	107	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#55	101	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	male	#93	56	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#93	56	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#88	56	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#82	64	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#91	51	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#86	59	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#82	61	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#89	60	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#79	72	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#68	90	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#88	70	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#94	78	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#189	11	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#123	21	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#226	9	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#128	21	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#122	21	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#107	25	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#132	20	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#93	33	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#115	27	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#83	38	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#103	29	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#38	81	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#56	61	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#38	78	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#45	69	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#49	66	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#37	80	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#37	78	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#41	69	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#67	47	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#81	33	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#75	38	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#70	44	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#86	32	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#87	31	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#75	40	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#68	43	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	19	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	18	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	26	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	27	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	39	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	28	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#172	33	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	28	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#173	34	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#136	46	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	46	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	44	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	52	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	45	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	57	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	47	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	63	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	52	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	52	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	49	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	40	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#134	32	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	28	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#139	27	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	24	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	24	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	38	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#121	38	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	36	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	32	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	26	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	27	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	20	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	9	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#270	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#181	24	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1969 and 2025, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #37, first reached in 2006.

It held a top-100 place in 41 years, 38 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 834 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1973, and 55 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Cori · #341, 19y
Corin · #229, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Angelina · #35, 51y
Angus · #35, 50y
Bianca · #39, 54y
Michaela · #40, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Austin · #37, 62y
Cormac · #37, 62y
Grainne · #37, 61y
Mabel · #37, 31y

Corey was ranked #37 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Corey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Corey without appearing here.

Corey moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #2432 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #4684.
Geraldine Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #4684.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #4684.
Vicki Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2189 and #1970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1475 and #2167.

Moved ahead of Corey

Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3031 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2636.
Pauline Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3031 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #2589.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3031 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Hayden Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3382 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #1741.

Moved the opposite way to Corey

Aaron Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Corey went from #270 to #468 while Aaron went from #174 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Corey went from #270 to #468 while Adam went from #196 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Corey went from #270 to #468 while Alexander went from #135 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Corey went from #270 to #468 while Benjamin went from #154 to #83.

Moved the same way as Corey

Alfred Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Corey went from #270 to #468 and Alfred from #163 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Corey went from #270 to #468 and Denis from #29 to #232.
Frank Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Corey went from #270 to #468 and Frank from #163 to #286.
George Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Corey went from #270 to #468 and George from #72 to #112.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #37 in Northern Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Corey

Corey at a glance

What stands out in Corey's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Corey across 7 official records

Corey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Corey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Corey

Corey and the names beside it

Corey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Corey

Moved the opposite way to Corey

Moved the same way as Corey

Corey at a glance

What stands out in Corey's record

Corey across 7 official records

Corey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Corey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Corey

Corey and the names beside it

Corey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Corey

Moved the opposite way to Corey

Moved the same way as Corey