How Many People Are Named Corydon?
An estimated 148 people in the United States have the first name Corydon. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 49 years old, and Corydon peaked in popularity in 1978 with 9 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Corydon as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Corydon paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
148
About 1 in 2,315,908 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
49
years old
Peak Year
1978
9 births
Total Registered
190
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Corydon
Corydon is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 190 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Corydon as a male name
Ranked #10,985 in 2002
5 male births in 2002
Peak: 1978 (9 births)
Corydon: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Corydon span from the 1910s to the 2000s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 52 babies were registered. Corydon has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Corydon by Decade
How has Corydon tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Corydon + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Corydon as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Corydon
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Corydon: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Corydon?
We estimate approximately 148 people named Corydon are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,315,908 Americans share this first name.
Is Corydon a common name?
Corydon is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 70.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 190 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Corydon most popular?
Corydon reached peak popularity in 1978, when 9 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Corydon is approximately 49 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Corydon a male name?
Corydon is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Corydon Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Corydon Smith, Corydon Johnson, Corydon Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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