Koray

Boys' name

Ember + moon

Koray has been given to 130 babies in the U.S. since 1984. 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 2005, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Koray, 2020

1 in 418,000

Koray over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Koray: meaning, origin, and history

Ember + moon

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Koray means

Koray means “ember + moon”, associated with kor and ay.

Origin, language, and formation

Koray is used in Turkish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 130 boys were recorded with the name Koray between 1984 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2005; its best national rank was #6,882 in 1984.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Koray?

Koray had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020: 1 in 418,000; 8 of 3,342,313 births
Among boys only: 1 in 216,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2020: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 289,591 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Koray 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 2020 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 289,591 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Koray. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Korays were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Koray was born before 2007 — so the typical Koray is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 41.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 87.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 130; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 41.5% of all recorded uses (54).

Is Koray 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2005 (10)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,882; 1984

Spellings of Koray

Koray is not the most common spelling — Ray is, with 25.9% against Koray's 0.02%.

Ray25.9%204,701
Corey23.4%185,020
Cory16.1%127,179
Kerry6.3%49,969
Rory4.5%35,841
Kody3.0%23,762
Kirby1.8%14,532
Kory1.8%14,385

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.

Koray around the world

Where Koray 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
1996–2025
#4,275
in 2025
Scotland
2014–2014
#587
in 2014
France
1974–2025
#5,654
in 2025
Canada
2022–2022
#2,959
in 2022
South Australia
1987–2013
#754
in 2013

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.

Koray 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: —
Best rank ever: #6,882; 1984
Peak year: 2005; 10 that year
First recorded: 1984
Last recorded: 2020
All-time count: 130
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Koray

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

Koren Koron Korde Korin Kordae Korby Koran Koree Jaray Kord Kordel Korrey Kort Korban Korry Korion Kortland Laray Koryn Korvin Yeray Korver Kore Korie

Sibling names for Koray

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

For a sister

Jaci Yahaira Pilar Anisa Jamya Yajaira Anjali Anneliese

For a brother

Braulio Johnpaul Jamarion Paulo Yair Lavon Tye Deshaun

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