Corby
#12,413 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Corby has been given to 1,658 babies in the U.S. since 1922. In 2025 it ranked #12,413 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1973, with 59 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% boys, 18% girls all-time.
Babies named Corby, 2025
1 in 663,000
Corby over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Corby over time
In 2025, Corby went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Corby?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 663,000
- 5 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 342,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #12,413
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 459,581 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Corby sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Corby. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Corbys were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Corby was born before 1975 — so the typical Corby is around 50 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1970s
- 30.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 7.6%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,297
- People you could plausibly meet
1970s — 30.8% of all recorded uses (418).
Is Corby rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 8.5%
- Peak was 1973 (59)
- Years since peak
- 52
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 52.1% average annual change
Spellings of Corby
Corby is not the most common spelling — Bobby is, with 24.3% against Corby's 0.10%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Corby is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Corby was most concentrated in Nebraska — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 389,569 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Nebraska1 in 100,000
- 2Texas1 in 100,000
- 3California1 in —
- 4Ohio1 in —
- 5Pennsylvania1 in —
- 6Utah1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Corby has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Corby is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Corby was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 909,646 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Utah1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Corby has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Corby around the world
Where Corby ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1998–2024#5,120in 2024
- Canada1995–1995#1,910in 1995
- South Australia1990–2012#771in 2012
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Corby by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Corby
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Corby
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.