Corey
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Old Norse Kori, of unknown origin and meaning, or a different form of Curry
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kɒɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Corey is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 2.1K
- CACanada≈1 in 3.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Corey itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #563 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 587 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈300,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kory in ID Indonesia, AG Antigua & Barbuda.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Old Norse Kori, of unknown origin and meaning, or a different form of Curry.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Corey counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈300,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | — | Corey | 32 |
| US United States | #227 | 156,599 | 1 in 2.1K | 149K | Corey | 587 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 17K | listed | Kory | 44 |
| GB United Kingdom | #432 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | 24 | Corey | 230 |
| AU Australia | #306 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | 105 | Corey | 214 |
| CA Canada | #251 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | 3 | Corey | 256 |
| NZ New Zealand | #229 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | 11 | Corey | 121 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #201 | ≈46 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Kory | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Corey is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Mainly North American, especially common as a Black name. The reasons for its popularity are not clear. It may well be a transferred use of the English surname Corey, which is derived from the Old Norse personal name Kori. Variants: Cory, Corie.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, An English surname from Old Norse from the Old Norse given name Kóri, itself perhaps from Old Irish Cuire, from cuire (“troop, host, company”), from Proto-Celtic *koryos (“army, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Ellas James, US chemist (Nobel
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Kolumban, Koulman
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
English (U.S.): a fairly common male name among Blacks in the United States, but the reasons for its popularity are not clear. It is identical in form with the English surname Corey , which is derived from the Old Norse personal name Kori . Variant: Cory .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Corey Burtonb. 1955USAmerican voice actor
- Corey Johnsonb. 1961USAmerican character actor (born 1961)
- Jay Zb. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur
- Corey Feldmanb. 1971USAmerican actor and musician
- Corey Haimb. 1971CACanadian actor (1971–2010)
- Corey Taylorb. 1973USAmerican musician
- Corey Stollb. 1976USAmerican stage and screen actor
- Jared Kushnerb. 1981USnot in their usual nameAmerican businessman and real estate investor (born 1981)
- Corey Brewerb. 1986USAmerican basketball player (born 1986)
- Corey Hawkinsb. 1988USAmerican actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 64 sources across 34 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 149K | #357 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7.5K | #357 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 327 | — |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2004 | 105 | #86 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 2007 | 93 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 24 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 24 | #181 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 14 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2018 | 11 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2025 | 6 | #270 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2016 | 6 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1944 | 6 | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Corey a male or female name?
- Corey is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Corey mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old Norse Kori, of unknown origin and meaning, or a different form of Curry. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How common is the name Corey?
- In the United States, the national register counted 156,599 people named Corey in 2020, about 1 in 2.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Corey compared with other names?
- In Antigua & Barbuda, Corey is the 201st most common given name of 3,327 given names recorded there.
- In which country does Corey have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 302 thousand people named Corey in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled corey.
- How do you pronounce Corey?
- A machine transcription gives /kɒɹi/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Corey?
- In the etymology graph, Cory, Kory and Korey are forms of the same name in other languages.
What do you want to know about Corey?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/coreyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Corey” — the 201st most common given name in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.