Lory
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #11,231 · Last seen for boys in 1966 at #3,948
Given to girls 89.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 106 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,258since 1923
Lory over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,795 | 31 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,463 | 35 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,439 | 33 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,801 | 49 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,627 | 55 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,857 | 47 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,421 | 73 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,635 | 54 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,625 | 50 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,382 | 63 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,416 | 60 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #1,394 | 62 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,224 | 81 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,150 | 90 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #1,050 | 106 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,063 | 106 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,147 | 90 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #1,256 | 73 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #1,104 | 91 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #1,238 | 72 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #1,151 | 81 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #1,641 | 39 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #1,344 | 55 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 36 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | — | |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lory! It came in at #4,967, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1930, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lory is popular in 1958
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#332 · 1 in 2,064
- Wisconsin#461 · 1 in 7,224
- Massachusetts#489 · 1 in 8,932
- Michigan#776 · 1 in 15,327
- Illinois#849 · 1 in 15,177
Best ever in a state: #332 in Utah, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #332 | 5 | 1 in 2,064 |
| Wisconsin | #461 | 6 | 1 in 7,224 |
| Massachusetts | #489 | 6 | 1 in 8,932 |
| Michigan | #776 | 6 | 1 in 15,327 |
| Illinois | #849 | 7 | 1 in 15,177 |
| New York | #882 | 10 | 1 in 16,963 |
| California | #889 | 12 | 1 in 13,582 |
| Ohio | #926 | 5 | 1 in 21,368 |
| Texas | #1,241 | 5 | 1 in 22,453 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lory
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 1962 at #1,050 (106 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 18,553 girls born in 1962 were named Lory (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 205,016 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 33.7% of all girls named Lory (762) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1946, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | #4,434 (1924) | #4,701 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,782 (1939) | #3,815 |
| 1940s | 82 | #2,069 (1949) | #2,803 |
| 1950s | 533 | #1,104 (1958) | #1,514 |
| 1960s | 762 | #1,050 (1962) | #1,309 |
| 1970s | 442 | #1,421 (1970) | #2,095 |
| 1980s | 183 | #3,318 (1980) | #4,530 |
| 1990s | 117 | #5,659 (1991) | #7,677 |
| 2000s | 74 | #9,874 (2000) | #11,932 |
| 2010s | 26 | #12,199 (2012) | #13,801 |
| 2020s | 16 | #11,146 (2021) | #11,189 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lory in 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
girls
2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 22,106 of them was named Lory, which outranked 84.3% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,095Petra92
- #1,095Sharyl92
- #1,095Trudi92
- #1,104Lory91
- #1,104Cyndy91
- #1,104Eliza91
- #1,104Francisca91
- #1,112Candis90
- #1,112Cathey90
- #1,112Giselle90
Tied with 7 names at #1,104; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 176,867 of them was named Lory, which outranked 47.4% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,265Wolfgang13
- #2,265Young13
- #2,265Zebedee13
- #2,370Lory12
- #2,370Adelbert12
- #2,370Adell12
- #2,370Aden12
- #2,506Ahmad11
- #2,506Alejo11
- #2,506Alwyn11
Tied with 135 names at #2,370; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.