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Corry

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Diminutive of Cornelia

Corry has been given to 2,480 babies in the U.S. since 1916. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1977, with 101 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% boys, 13% girls all-time.

Babies named Corry, 2022

1 in 677,000

Corry over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Corry over time

In 2022, Corry went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19162022

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.

Corry: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Cornelia

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Corry means

Corry is a diminutive of Cornelia.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Corry is used in Dutch.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɔ.ri/ for Corry.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cornelia.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,166 boys were recorded with the name Corry between 1916 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 101 in 1977; its best national rank was #853 in 1977.

In the United States, 314 girls were recorded with the name Corry between 1945 and 1990. Its highest annual count was 23 in 1977; its best national rank was #3,179 in 1975.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Corry?

Corry had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022
1 in 677,000
5 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only
1 in 349,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
469,366 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Corry sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Corry. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Corrys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Corry was born before 1982 — so the typical Corry is around 43 today.

Median birth year
1982
About 43 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
29.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
14.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,124
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1970s — 29.3% of all recorded uses (635).

Is Corry 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
0%
Peak was 1977 (101)
Years since peak
48
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#853
1977

Spellings of Corry

Corry is not the most common spelling — Larry is, with 23.1% against Corry's 0.06%.

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 Corry is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Corry was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 205,634 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in 25,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5Georgia1 in —
  6. 6Illinois1 in —
  7. 7Louisiana1 in —
  8. 8Michigan1 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. Corry has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Corry is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Corry was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,495,549 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 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. Corry has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Corry around the world

Where Corry 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 & Wales
    1997–2007
    #3,589
    in 2007
  • Scotland
    2017–2017
    #602
    in 2017
  • France
    2000–2001
    #4,009
    in 2001
  • Canada
    1991–1992
    #1,744
    in 1992
  • South Australia
    1961–1978
    #424
    in 1978

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Corry

People whose public names include Corry, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Corry by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#853
1977
Peak year
1977
101 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
2,166
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,179
1975
Peak year
1977
23 that year
First recorded
1945
Last recorded
1990
All-time count
314
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Corry

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CorbyCorinCortCordCorbenCorbynCorbanCordeCorrieCormacCoriCorwinCurryCorbettCorderoCorvinCortneyCordaeCorieBerryCortlandCortezCorkyCornelio

Names with a curve like Corry

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Corry, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KristenChaddChadrickBrandyDemetricMelissaJeremeJermainChristoperRonnellSedrickLavar

Sibling names for Corry

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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