Tory
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to boys 64.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 286 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,990since 1947
Tory 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 | #5,554 | 22 | #4,249 | 24 |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | #4,433 | 23 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | #4,002 | 27 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | #3,344 | 35 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | #4,362 | 23 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2019 | #4,653 | 29 | #3,259 | 35 |
| 2018 | #4,357 | 32 | #2,994 | 39 |
| 2017 | #4,304 | 33 | #2,840 | 42 |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | #2,587 | 48 |
| 2015 | #3,989 | 37 | #2,919 | 40 |
| 2014 | #4,103 | 36 | #3,693 | 28 |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 | #3,405 | 31 |
| 2012 | #3,988 | 38 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 2011 | #3,843 | 39 | #2,852 | 41 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 | #3,181 | 35 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 | #2,847 | 42 |
| 2008 | #3,420 | 48 | #2,632 | 47 |
| 2007 | #4,131 | 37 | #2,213 | 60 |
| 2006 | #3,919 | 38 | #2,126 | 61 |
| 2005 | #2,553 | 67 | #1,854 | 69 |
| 2004 | #2,526 | 66 | #1,857 | 66 |
| 2003 | #2,771 | 56 | #1,538 | 83 |
| 2002 | #2,554 | 61 | #1,609 | 75 |
| 2001 | #2,438 | 64 | #1,648 | 71 |
| 2000 | #1,952 | 86 | #1,420 | 87 |
| 1999 | #2,018 | 77 | #1,408 | 83 |
| 1998 | #1,940 | 78 | #1,322 | 90 |
| 1997 | #1,718 | 90 | #1,161 | 105 |
| 1996 | #1,446 | 113 | #1,049 | 116 |
| 1995 | #1,531 | 100 | #903 | 148 |
| 1994 | #1,177 | 150 | #814 | 169 |
| 1993 | #1,222 | 142 | #743 | 197 |
| 1992 | #1,462 | 108 | #715 | 208 |
| 1991 | #1,642 | 91 | #717 | 200 |
| 1990 | #1,617 | 92 | #665 | 231 |
| 1989 | #1,769 | 76 | #638 | 245 |
| 1988 | #1,392 | 101 | #669 | 200 |
| 1987 | #1,470 | 88 | #635 | 208 |
| 1986 | #1,405 | 91 | #628 | 203 |
| 1985 | #1,523 | 80 | #665 | 176 |
| 1984 | #1,751 | 62 | #710 | 151 |
| 1983 | #1,715 | 63 | #669 | 163 |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 | #700 | 154 |
| 1981 | #2,529 | 37 | #760 | 131 |
| 1980 | #1,964 | 54 | #690 | 158 |
| 1979 | #1,543 | 75 | #597 | 205 |
| 1978 | #1,186 | 106 | #577 | 212 |
| 1977 | #832 | 180 | #478 | 286 |
| 1976 | #909 | 144 | #541 | 220 |
| 1975 | #1,713 | 55 | #572 | 199 |
| 1974 | #1,881 | 46 | #647 | 155 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 31 | #669 | 143 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 | #615 | 164 |
| 1971 | #2,340 | 33 | #764 | 115 |
| 1970 | #1,931 | 44 | #773 | 114 |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 | #790 | 96 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #968 | 57 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1966 | #2,357 | 26 | #1,016 | 51 |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | #1,219 | 40 |
| 1963 | #1,815 | 41 | #1,255 | 38 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 | #1,121 | 47 |
| 1961 | #1,499 | 56 | #1,121 | 49 |
| 1960 | #1,725 | 43 | #1,139 | 47 |
| 1959 | #1,672 | 43 | #1,522 | 27 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Tory! It came in at #2,862, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1952, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tory is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#225 · 1 in 2,344
- Iowa#291 · 1 in 3,872
- Oklahoma#430 · 1 in 4,718
- South Carolina#442 · 1 in 4,272
- Washington#475 · 1 in 6,302
Best ever in a state: #158 in North Dakota, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #225 | 5 | 1 in 2,344 |
| Iowa | #291 | 5 | 1 in 3,872 |
| Oklahoma | #430 | 5 | 1 in 4,718 |
| South Carolina | #442 | 5 | 1 in 4,272 |
| Washington | #475 | 5 | 1 in 6,302 |
| Georgia | #483 | 8 | 1 in 5,398 |
| Michigan | #484 | 9 | 1 in 7,237 |
| Louisiana | #489 | 8 | 1 in 4,481 |
| Pennsylvania | #515 | 8 | 1 in 9,633 |
| Florida | #526 | 12 | 1 in 6,220 |
| Illinois | #586 | 10 | 1 in 8,226 |
| Ohio | #670 | 5 | 1 in 15,417 |
| California | #762 | 17 | 1 in 13,140 |
| Texas | #824 | 11 | 1 in 13,379 |
| New York | #956 | 7 | 1 in 17,292 |
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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 Tory
- 184 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #4,249)
- 1,224 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #4,249)
- 1,330 spots since 2015 (#2,919 → #4,249)
- Biggest jump: 178 spots in 1969 (#968 → #790)
- Biggest drop: 146 spots in 1996 (#903 → #1,049)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1977 at #478 (286 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1968–1995
- Highest: 1 in 5,746 boys born in 1977 were named Tory (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.9% of all boys named Tory (1,813) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2014, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 21 | #2,788 (1948) | #3,113 |
| 1950s | 108 | #1,522 (1959) | #2,388 |
| 1960s | 514 | #790 (1969) | #1,088 |
| 1970s | 1,813 | #478 (1977) | #623 |
| 1980s | 1,789 | #628 (1986) | #676 |
| 1990s | 1,547 | #665 (1990) | #950 |
| 2000s | 661 | #1,420 (2000) | #1,974 |
| 2010s | 367 | #2,587 (2016) | #3,144 |
| 2020s | 170 | #3,025 (2020) | #3,903 |
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.
Tory in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 21,510 of them was named Tory, which outranked 87.8% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,505Shelli81
- #1,505Thea81
- #1,505Tomeka81
- #1,523Tory80
- #1,523Alondra80
- #1,523Annika80
- #1,523Arica80
- #1,536Charlie79
- #1,536Chela79
- #1,536Davida79
Tied with 12 names at #1,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 10,501 of them was named Tory, which outranked 91.2% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).