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
- 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
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 | #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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| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
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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 2019
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Delaware#122 · 1 in 324
- Maine#133 · 1 in 396
- North Dakota#146 · 1 in 422
- Connecticut#168 · 1 in 662
- New Hampshire#173 · 1 in 616
Best ever in a state: #56 in Massachusetts, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #122 | 10 | 1 in 324 |
| Maine | #133 | 10 | 1 in 396 |
| North Dakota | #146 | 9 | 1 in 422 |
| Connecticut | #168 | 20 | 1 in 662 |
| New Hampshire | #173 | 7 | 1 in 616 |
| Massachusetts | #181 | 37 | 1 in 760 |
| Pennsylvania | #210 | 60 | 1 in 931 |
| District of Columbia | #220 | 5 | 1 in 748 |
| Illinois | #230 | 59 | 1 in 975 |
| Michigan | #230 | 44 | 1 in 1,001 |
| Nebraska | #236 | 11 | 1 in 820 |
| Wisconsin | #257 | 23 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Missouri | #289 | 23 | 1 in 1,294 |
| Ohio | #290 | 42 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Colorado | #298 | 21 | 1 in 1,229 |
| New York | #309 | 61 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Minnesota | #311 | 19 | 1 in 1,378 |
| Indiana | #316 | 24 | 1 in 1,404 |
| Oregon | #331 | 12 | 1 in 1,372 |
| Idaho | #335 | 6 | 1 in 1,302 |
| Virginia | #347 | 23 | 1 in 1,717 |
| Arizona | #352 | 21 | 1 in 1,592 |
| New Jersey | #363 | 21 | 1 in 1,893 |
| Kentucky | #397 | 11 | 1 in 1,862 |
| Iowa | #398 | 8 | 1 in 1,798 |
| Florida | #399 | 44 | 1 in 2,154 |
| Kansas | #403 | 8 | 1 in 1,767 |
| Washington | #416 | 17 | 1 in 2,004 |
| North Carolina | #428 | 22 | 1 in 2,279 |
| Maryland | #448 | 11 | 1 in 2,369 |
| California | #452 | 76 | 1 in 2,673 |
| Arkansas | #476 | 6 | 1 in 2,218 |
| Nevada | #509 | 5 | 1 in 2,568 |
| Texas | #517 | 58 | 1 in 3,009 |
| Utah | #531 | 7 | 1 in 2,765 |
| Louisiana | #532 | 9 | 1 in 2,511 |
| Oklahoma | #534 | 7 | 1 in 2,637 |
| Georgia | #537 | 17 | 1 in 3,055 |
| South Carolina | #541 | 7 | 1 in 2,947 |
| Tennessee | #640 | 9 | 1 in 3,911 |
| Alabama | #727 | 5 | 1 in 4,529 |
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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.
See more about Rory
- 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)
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 2025 at #199 (1,768 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1947–2025
- Highest: 1 in 966 boys born in 2025 were named Rory (0.10%)
- 22.8% of all boys named Rory (8,172) were born in this decade
- 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 2019
Top girls' names in 2019
Top boys' names in 2019
More about 2019
girls
1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 2,479 of them was named Rory, which outranked 97.5% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 1,942 of them was named Rory, which outranked 97.5% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.