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Kory

Kory is a boy's name meaning "from the hollow". It has cooled since its 1980s peak, though it is still chosen today. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. The name's best year yet was 1989.

EtymologyVariant of Cory
EtymologyMeaning "from the hollow"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
212
1960s
1,063
1970s
2,826
1980s
4,510
1990s
4,272
2000s
1,659
2010s
702
Peaked in the 1980s · 15,244 total U.S. births since 1900