Tory

Where Tory comes from

Short for Victoria when used as a female name, and for Victor or Salvatore when used as a male name.
— Wiktionary's entry for Tory
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #2,862 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1962
    Tory Burch born
    American fashion designer, businesswoman, and philanthropist
  3. 1975
    Tory Kittles born
    American actor
  4. 1977
    Peak, #478
    286 babies named Tory — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #760.
  6. 2015
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Tory Burch · American fashion designer, businesswoman, and philanthropist, born 1962
  • Tory Kittles · American actor, born 1975
  • Tory Nyhaug · Canadian racing cyclist, born 1992
  • Tory Fretz · US American tennis player, born 1942
  • Tory Dent · American poet, essayist, 1958–2005

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.