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

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Peak · boys
1977 · 286 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,990
since 1947

Tory over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #832, 1977peak #478, 1977girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,55422#4,24924
2024#5,79921#4,43323
2023#7,64014#4,00227
2022#6,22919#3,34435
2021#5,74821#4,36223
2020#6,62917#3,02538
2019#4,65329#3,25935
2018#4,35732#2,99439
2017#4,30433#2,84042
2016#4,15735#2,58748
2015#3,98937#2,91940
2014#4,10336#3,69328
2013#3,51344#3,40531
2012#3,98838#3,71428
2011#3,84339#2,85241
2010#5,97722#3,18135
2009#4,93129#2,84742
2008#3,42048#2,63247
2007#4,13137#2,21360
2006#3,91938#2,12661
2005#2,55367#1,85469
2004#2,52666#1,85766
2003#2,77156#1,53883
2002#2,55461#1,60975
2001#2,43864#1,64871
2000#1,95286#1,42087
1999#2,01877#1,40883
1998#1,94078#1,32290
1997#1,71890#1,161105
1996#1,446113#1,049116
1995#1,531100#903148
1994#1,177150#814169
1993#1,222142#743197
1992#1,462108#715208
1991#1,64291#717200
1990#1,61792#665231
1989#1,76976#638245
1988#1,392101#669200
1987#1,47088#635208
1986#1,40591#628203
1985#1,52380#665176
1984#1,75162#710151
1983#1,71563#669163
1982#2,18546#700154
1981#2,52937#760131
1980#1,96454#690158
1979#1,54375#597205
1978#1,186106#577212
1977#832180#478286
1976#909144#541220
1975#1,71355#572199
1974#1,88146#647155
1973#2,40531#669143
1972#2,59827#615164
1971#2,34033#764115
1970#1,93144#773114
1969#2,35030#79096
1968#4,48910#96857
1967#2,27228#1,04349
1966#2,35726#1,01651
1965#2,60522#1,20640
1964#3,10817#1,21940
1963#1,81541#1,25538
1962#1,98934#1,12147
1961#1,49956#1,12149
1960#1,72543#1,13947
1959#1,67243#1,52227
1958#3,92510#2,09315
1957#3,48912#1,88718
1956#3,32113#2,36112
1955#3,37712#2,43511
1954—#2,59210
1953#4,5957#2,53110
1952#5,5635—
1951#4,8336—
1950#4,3157#3,6815
1949#3,8928#3,6905
1948#5,2435#2,7888
1947—#2,8628
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First appearance
1947

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 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #397 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,852 boysMNIllinois: #650 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 7,036 boysILWisconsin: #526 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,044 boysWIMichigan: #521 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,675 boysMINew York: #1,317 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 20,971 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedIAIndiana: #595 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,529 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #609 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 8,152 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,117 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 20,527 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedARTennessee: #445 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,325 boysTNNorth Carolina: #654 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,456 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #358 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,162 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedMSAlabama: #537 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,033 boysALGeorgia: #772 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,011 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tory, so not publishedHITexas: #806 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 10,211 boysTXFlorida: #989 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 14,241 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#358 · 1 in 2,162
  2. Minnesota#397 · 1 in 4,852
  3. Tennessee#445 · 1 in 4,325
  4. Michigan#521 · 1 in 5,675
  5. Wisconsin#526 · 1 in 6,044

Best ever in a state: #158 in North Dakota, 1979.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#358131 in 2,162
Minnesota#39761 in 4,852
Tennessee#44581 in 4,325
Michigan#521111 in 5,675
Wisconsin#52651 in 6,044
Alabama#53751 in 5,033
Indiana#59551 in 7,529
Pennsylvania#60991 in 8,152
Illinois#650121 in 7,036
North Carolina#65461 in 7,456
Georgia#77261 in 8,011
Texas#806151 in 10,211
Florida#98961 in 14,241
California#1,117131 in 20,527
New York#1,31761 in 20,971
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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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1977 at #478 (286 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1968–1995
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,746
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 25.9% of all boys named Tory (1,813) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
  • Mostly girls until 2014, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s21#2,788 (1948)#3,113
1950s108#1,522 (1959)#2,388
1960s514#790 (1969)#1,088
1970s1,813#478 (1977)#623
1980s1,789#628 (1986)#676
1990s1,547#665 (1990)#950
2000s661#1,420 (2000)#1,974
2010s367#2,587 (2016)#3,144
2020s170#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 1994

girls
#1,177
150 births · 1 in 11,905 girls
boys
#814
169 births · 1 in 11,432 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #1,177Tory150

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #814Tory169
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 11,905 of them was named Tory, which outranked 92.5% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tory
  1. #1,170Richelle151
  2. #1,170Rosalie151
  3. #1,170Shante151
  4. #1,177Tory150
  5. #1,177Celena150
  6. #1,177Darrian150
  7. #1,177Deandra150
  8. #1,184Alondra149
  9. #1,184Edna149
  10. #1,184Elana149

Tied with 6 names at #1,177; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 11,432 of them was named Tory, which outranked 92.1% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tory
  1. #810Ari170
  2. #810Cristopher170
  3. #810Harvey170
  4. #814Tory169
  5. #814Erin169
  6. #814Josh169
  7. #817Hugh168
  8. #817Jessy168
  9. #817Shyheim168

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1994 →