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 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#426 · 1 in 4,177
- Florida#571 · 1 in 4,760
- Illinois#1,164 · 1 in 17,548
- California#1,237 · 1 in 16,403
- Texas#1,268 · 1 in 17,363
Best ever in a state: #332 in Utah, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #426 | 5 | 1 in 4,177 |
| Florida | #571 | 10 | 1 in 4,760 |
| Illinois | #1,164 | 5 | 1 in 17,548 |
| California | #1,237 | 10 | 1 in 16,403 |
| Texas | #1,268 | 6 | 1 in 17,363 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
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| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| 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 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 23,947 of them was named Lory, which outranked 84.8% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,407Reva74
- #1,407Shaunda74
- #1,407Trinette74
- #1,421Lory73
- #1,421Billy73
- #1,421Caprice73
- #1,421Haley73
- #1,430Brandee72
- #1,430Calandra72
- #1,430Cameron72
Tied with 8 names at #1,421; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.