Corky
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About Corky
Corky is an old-fashioned nickname, historically used more often for boys with names like Courtney, Corwin, or surnames with the "cor" element.
Corky for girls
On girls, Corky has been used as a short form of names that start with C. In the novel Mrs. Bridge, Caroline "Corky" Bridge is the middle child.
Corky for boys
A bouncy midcentury TV nickname name.
Pronounced KOR-kee.
As of October 2026, Corky ranked #6435 in US births in 1959 SSA, peaked at #3529 in 1954.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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Corky on lists
Famous Corkys
- Corin "Corky" Nemec (born Joseph Charles Nemec IV)Boy
American actor
- Laurence Gordon "Corky" LaingBoy
Canadian drummer of band Mountain
- Corky Abraham Phillip MillerBoy
American baseball player
- Mark Alexander "Corky" Ballas Sr.Boy
American dancer; father of dancer Mark Ballas
- Mark Paul "Corky" SiegelBoy
American blues musician
- Corky JamesBoy
America session guitarist
Corky in pop culture
- "Corky RomanoBoy
" 2001 film and its main character
- Corky James “Jimbo” JonesBoy
character from TV’s “The Simpsons”
- Corky CurtissBoy
character in 1972 film "Corky"
- Corky ThatcherBoy
character on TV's Life Goes On
- Corky St. ClairBoy
character in film Waiting for Guffman
- James "Corky" CorcoranBoy
character in the Ukridge stories of P. G. Wodehouse
- Corky WalletBoy
character in comic strip Gasoline Alley
- Corky CaporaleBoy
Corky Ianucci, and Corky DiGioia, characters on TV's The Sopranos
- "The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend CorkyBoy
" Australian animated series
- Corky the HornetBoy
mascot of the Emporia State University sports teams