Corry
Corry is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Corry
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Corry is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Corry
As a girl name
American parents first put Corry on the record books as a girl name in 1945, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1977, when 23 Corrys were born — ranking #3,268 that year. About 53% of every Corry on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Corry last appeared in the published SSA data in 1990, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 314 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Corry first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1916, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1977: 101 births, good for #853 nationwide. About 29% of every Corry on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Corry last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Corry
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Corry. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Corry
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About the name Corry
Corry is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Corry's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #853. Use the chart and map above to compare Corry's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.