Rory
#230 for girls in 2025, 1,332 births · #199 for boys in 2025, 1,768 births
Given to boys 72.5% of the time
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- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,768 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 35,841since 1933
Rory over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #230 | 1,332 | #199 | 1,768 |
| 2024 | #287 | 1,105 | #227 | 1,596 |
| 2023 | #305 | 1,006 | #242 | 1,447 |
| 2022 | #335 | 959 | #280 | 1,229 |
| 2021 | #399 | 791 | #295 | 1,135 |
| 2020 | #458 | 675 | #330 | 997 |
| 2019 | #459 | 677 | #358 | 924 |
| 2018 | #580 | 530 | #368 | 884 |
| 2017 | #564 | 534 | #379 | 862 |
| 2016 | #637 | 470 | #386 | 828 |
| 2015 | #680 | 419 | #379 | 853 |
| 2014 | #838 | 330 | #415 | 748 |
| 2013 | #899 | 285 | #459 | 610 |
| 2012 | #1,018 | 248 | #481 | 564 |
| 2011 | #905 | 288 | #599 | 413 |
| 2010 | #1,021 | 245 | #746 | 304 |
| 2009 | #930 | 287 | #755 | 303 |
| 2008 | #974 | 275 | #783 | 281 |
| 2007 | #1,069 | 245 | #825 | 260 |
| 2006 | #1,093 | 231 | #827 | 246 |
| 2005 | #1,164 | 198 | #717 | 283 |
| 2004 | #1,135 | 201 | #722 | 264 |
| 2003 | #984 | 234 | #645 | 316 |
| 2002 | #1,116 | 187 | #697 | 258 |
| 2001 | #1,348 | 142 | #740 | 236 |
| 2000 | #1,969 | 85 | #631 | 290 |
| 1999 | #2,438 | 59 | #628 | 287 |
| 1998 | #2,570 | 53 | #608 | 302 |
| 1997 | #2,733 | 45 | #677 | 240 |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 | #676 | 242 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | #750 | 204 |
| 1994 | #3,234 | 35 | #697 | 223 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | #681 | 228 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 | #625 | 273 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 | #555 | 333 |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 | #512 | 374 |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 | #480 | 396 |
| 1988 | #2,987 | 34 | #447 | 406 |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 | #448 | 390 |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 | #406 | 444 |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 | #365 | 502 |
| 1984 | #2,470 | 38 | #341 | 549 |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 | #341 | 535 |
| 1982 | #2,327 | 42 | #281 | 735 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | #393 | 426 |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | #438 | 355 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #433 | 342 |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 | #376 | 418 |
| 1977 | #1,922 | 51 | #335 | 538 |
| 1976 | #2,439 | 33 | #519 | 240 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | #645 | 160 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | #622 | 167 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 | #700 | 131 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | #583 | 187 |
| 1971 | #2,212 | 36 | #573 | 204 |
| 1970 | #1,755 | 51 | #481 | 281 |
| 1969 | #1,078 | 105 | #422 | 351 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #578 | 171 |
| 1967 | — | #525 | 202 | |
| 1966 | — | #481 | 255 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #415 | 353 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #424 | 366 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #410 | 386 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | #349 | 508 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 | #351 | 507 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #311 | 638 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 | #280 | 802 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | #347 | 486 |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 19 | #345 | 476 |
| 1956 | #1,835 | 34 | #327 | 511 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | #373 | 375 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | #416 | 297 |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 | #478 | 214 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #546 | 163 |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 | #601 | 134 |
| 1950 | #1,433 | 41 | #528 | 163 |
| 1949 | #1,376 | 45 | #544 | 150 |
| 1948 | #1,409 | 43 | #616 | 122 |
| 1947 | #1,461 | 41 | #805 | 73 |
| 1946 | — | #1,157 | 36 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,494 | 20 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,890 | 14 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,799 | 16 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,333 | 10 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1933
The first year at least five boys were named Rory! It came in at #3,642, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1933–1939, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rory is popular in 1967
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- North Dakota#161 · 1 in 973
- Wisconsin#227 · 1 in 2,586
- Minnesota#228 · 1 in 2,791
- Oregon#295 · 1 in 2,957
- Colorado#307 · 1 in 2,899
Best ever in a state: #56 in Massachusetts, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #161 | 5 | 1 in 973 |
| Wisconsin | #227 | 14 | 1 in 2,586 |
| Minnesota | #228 | 11 | 1 in 2,791 |
| Oregon | #295 | 5 | 1 in 2,957 |
| Colorado | #307 | 6 | 1 in 2,899 |
| Washington | #318 | 7 | 1 in 3,651 |
| California | #437 | 33 | 1 in 5,026 |
| Illinois | #465 | 13 | 1 in 7,120 |
| Indiana | #469 | 5 | 1 in 8,998 |
| Michigan | #476 | 8 | 1 in 9,723 |
| Ohio | #483 | 8 | 1 in 11,240 |
| New York | #515 | 17 | 1 in 8,855 |
| Pennsylvania | #541 | 6 | 1 in 15,358 |
| Louisiana | #564 | 5 | 1 in 6,908 |
| Texas | #918 | 5 | 1 in 20,013 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 28 spots since 2024 (#227 → #199)
- 131 spots since 2020 (#330 → #199)
- 180 spots since 2015 (#379 → #199)
- Biggest jump: 352 spots in 1947 (#1,157 → #805)
- Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1973 (#583 → #700)
Rise & fade · boys
92 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 2025 at #199 (1,768 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1947–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 966
- Highest: 1 in 966 boys born in 2025 were named Rory (0.10%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 22.8% of all boys named Rory (8,172) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 10 | #3,480 (1939) | #3,561 |
| 1940s | 462 | #544 (1949) | #1,550 |
| 1950s | 3,621 | #280 (1959) | #424 |
| 1960s | 3,737 | #311 (1960) | #427 |
| 1970s | 2,668 | #335 (1977) | #527 |
| 1980s | 4,738 | #281 (1982) | #394 |
| 1990s | 2,706 | #512 (1990) | #641 |
| 2000s | 2,737 | #631 (2000) | #734 |
| 2010s | 6,990 | #358 (2019) | #457 |
| 2020s | 8,172 | #199 (2025) | #262 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rory in 1967
boys
#525
202 births · 1 in 8,633 boys
Top boys' names in 1967
More about 1967
boys
1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 8,633 of them was named Rory, which outranked 88.5% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).