Jory

Where Jory comes from

The dictionaries list Jory as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #3,733 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1963
    Jory Vinikour born
    American musician
  3. 1973
    Peak, #753
    113 babies named Jory — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,099.
  5. 1975
    Jory Prum born
    American recording engineer
  6. 2025
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Jory Vinikour · American musician, born 1963
  • Jory Prum · American recording engineer, 1975–2016

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.