Cory

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cory: Recorded since 1991, its highest recorded position is #77, and it stood at #404 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
80times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#77highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2002

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2152
1998	#2407
1999	#1805
2000	#3912
2001	#3262
2002	#4137

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 22 of the 32 years from 1991 to 2022.

In 2024: #404 among boys in Scotland, #1595 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1991–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1991
First recorded at #77 among boys in New Zealand in 1991 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1991–1993
Highest recorded position: #77 among boys in New Zealand, in 1991 (recorded 1991–1993).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Cory appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 3,130 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1991.

Cory across 5 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.

Cory'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	#263 (1991)	#214 (1999)	#657 (2022)	22 of 32	124 (1991–2022)	9 (1999)
England and Wales · Boys	#140 (1996)	#140 (1996)	#1595 (2024)	29 of 29	3,130 (1996–2024)	252 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#227 (1997)	#168 (1999)	#295 (2021)	19 of 25	125 (1997–2021)	12 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#1805 (1999)	#4137 (2002)	7 of 7	39 (1996–2002)	9 (1999)
New Zealand · Boys	#77 (1991)	#77 (1991)	#98 (1993)	2 of 3	129 (1991–1993)	74 (1991)

Cory by decade in England and Wales · 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 Cory in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	831	4 of 10	208
2000sbusiest	1,526	10 of 10	153
2010s	658	10 of 10	66
2020s	115	5 of 10	23

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 153 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births fell by 42, from 154 to 112.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cory 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 5 regions, from 1991 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #77 in New Zealand in 1991.

Cory'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	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1084	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#841	37	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1111	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#974	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#851	36	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#661	53	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#732	46	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#753	43	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#509	76	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#451	87	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#484	79	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#425	92	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#355	117	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#351	112	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#278	154	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#247	169	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#257	144	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#243	143	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#206	180	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#207	175	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#225	139	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#204	155	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#207	155	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#183	180	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#183	182	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#160	217	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#140	252	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#98	55	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	male	#77	74	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#295	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#271	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#187	12	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#199	9	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#175	10	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#229	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#173	9	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#206	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#168	9	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#227	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	9	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#404	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 5 registrars between 1991 and 2024, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #77, first reached in 1991.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 252 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

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 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1991, and 33 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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Cosimo · #1850, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Brad · #77, 36y
Kayden · #77, 30y
Shakira · #77, 29y
Shayne · #76, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kayden · #77, 30y
Shakira · #77, 29y
Shannen · #77, 17y
Tiana · #77, 31y

Cory was ranked #77 in New Zealand · Boys in 1991. 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.

Cory 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 Cory without appearing here.

Cory moved ahead of

Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #974 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1111 and #1723.
Garry Compare
In 2006 they stood at #390 and #299 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #342 and #629.
Roger Compare
In 2006 they stood at #500 and #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #342 and #629.
Brendan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #421 and #253 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #295 and #433.

Moved ahead of Cory

Mila Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1805 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1313.
Selma Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1805 and #2444 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1389.
Logan Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1805 and #1970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1594.
Ada Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1805 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1831.

Moved the opposite way to Cory

Alex Compare
Between 1991 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cory went from #263 to #657 while Alex went from #148 to #24.
Alexander Compare
Between 1991 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cory went from #263 to #657 while Alexander went from #113 to #40.
Ben Compare
Between 1991 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cory went from #263 to #657 while Ben went from #105 to #40.
Callum Compare
Between 1991 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cory went from #263 to #657 while Callum went from #230 to #53.

Moved the same way as Cory

Adrian Compare
Between 1991 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cory went from #263 to #657 and Adrian from #73 to #225.
Denis Compare
Between 1991 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cory went from #263 to #657 and Denis from #68 to #178.
Edward Compare
Between 1991 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cory went from #263 to #657 and Edward from #61 to #112.
Francis Compare
Between 1991 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cory went from #263 to #657 and Francis from #78 to #251.

What's not yet available

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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 5 regions, from 1991 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #77 in New Zealand in 1991. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cory

Cory at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cory across 5 official records

Cory by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cory appears in

Popularity data

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Cory and the names beside it

Cory moved ahead of

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Cory at a glance

Cory across 5 official records

Cory by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cory appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cory

Cory and the names beside it

Cory moved ahead of

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