Kory

Boy name

Kory has been given to 15,723 babies in the U.S. since 1952. It peaked in 1989.

Meaning & origin

th-century US variant of Cory.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

15,723

Peak year

1989 (651 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1952

10-year trend

▼ -55%

Gender split

9% girls / 91% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Kory.

15,608 babies since 1888

16,037 babies since 1967

16,215 babies since 1947

15,117 babies since 1912

16,332 babies since 1973

14,947 babies since 1915

16,988 babies since 1913

16,993 babies since 1915

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