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 1963
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#442 · 1 in 5,069
- Wisconsin#475 · 1 in 6,799
- Massachusetts#517 · 1 in 8,623
- Pennsylvania#771 · 1 in 14,540
- California#981 · 1 in 14,509
Best ever in a state: #332 in Utah, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #442 | 5 | 1 in 5,069 |
| Wisconsin | #475 | 6 | 1 in 6,799 |
| Massachusetts | #517 | 6 | 1 in 8,623 |
| Pennsylvania | #771 | 7 | 1 in 14,540 |
| California | #981 | 12 | 1 in 14,509 |
| Texas | #1,180 | 6 | 1 in 17,864 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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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 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 21,417 of them was named Lory, which outranked 85.0% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,147Bernita91
- #1,147Charleen91
- #1,147Sandie91
- #1,150Lory90
- #1,150Cinda90
- #1,150Isabelle90
- #1,150Jeanetta90
- #1,158Dalia89
- #1,158Gregory89
- #1,158Karlene89
Tied with 7 names at #1,150; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 169,257 of them was named Lory, which outranked 47.8% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,300Webb13
- #2,300Wess13
- #2,300Zeke13
- #2,414Lory12
- #2,414Adolf12
- #2,414Agostino12
- #2,414Ahmed12
- #2,539Abdul11
- #2,539Alexandre11
- #2,539Andree11
Tied with 124 names at #2,414; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.