Cory

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

As a given name, Cory is used by both males and females. It is a variation of the name Cora, meaning " Maiden", which is a title of the goddess Persephone. The name also can have origins from the Gaelic word coire, which means "in a cauldron", or "in a hollow".

From Wikipedia

Cory first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 252 babies (rank #140 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Cory

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Cory yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,936
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
252
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1996252#140
1997217#160
1998182#183
1999180#183
2000155#208
2001155#204
2002139#225
2003175#207
2004180#206
2005143#243
2006144#258
2007169#247
2008154#278
2009112#352
2010117#355
201192#425
201279#485
201387#452
201476#509
201543#757
201646#734