Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from the Old Norse given name Kóri, whose meaning is unknown, Corey became popular in the 1960s because of the character Corey Baker on the television series Julia.
20062006: 1,534 births, rank #234
2007: 1,403 births, rank #251
2008: 1,184 births, rank #287
2009: 1,124 births, rank #294
2010: 1,011 births, rank #316
20112011: 1,027 births, rank #313
2012: 880 births, rank #351
2013: 879 births, rank #358
2014: 809 births, rank #384
2015: 755 births, rank #412
20162016: 770 births, rank #415
2017: 650 births, rank #467
2018: 623 births, rank #465
2019: 586 births, rank #491
2020: 539 births, rank #530
20212021: 517 births, rank #552
2022: 437 births, rank #634
2023: 430 births, rank #642
2024: 403 births, rank #677
20252025: 327 births, rank #778
Corey moved from #678 to #778 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1989, with 8,003 births.