Meaning not yet researched.
Rory: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,768 in 2025. Its best rank was #199 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 57% of babies named Rory in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#199 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Rory: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,768 boys in 2025. Peak: #199 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 1,768 (2025).
In 2025, 1,768 US boys were named Rory, making it the 199th most common boys’ name of the year, up 28 places from #227 in 2024. That is 172 more than the 1,596 boys named Rory in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #199, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,768. For comparison, it was #379 in 2015 and #534 in 1950.
In 2025, 1,332 US girls were named Rory, making it the 230th most common girls’ name of the year, up 57 places from #287 in 2024. That is 227 more than the 1,105 girls named Rory in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #230, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,332. For comparison, it was #683 in 2015 and #1,448 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rory in 88 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1933 with 5 babies. In all, 49,421 US babies have been given the name, 27% of them girls and 73% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 14,040 babies named Rory.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 11,670 US boys were named Rory; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,768. In 2025 that was about 1 in 966 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Rory ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #58 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 2 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Rorie (1,109 babies since 1880) and Rori (3,365 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Roran, Rorey and Roree are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Roran (505), Rorey (256), Roree (91), Roary (69), Rury (47), Rorry (21), Ruri (6), Rhori (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Rory in the open dataset we use.
Rory is listed as a nickname for Aurora.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 3 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 106 | #58 | #212 |
| Connecticut | 37 | #99 | #216 |
| New Hampshire | 14 | #109 | #218 |
| Wisconsin | 54 | #113 | #291 |
| Maine | 12 | #115 | #178 |
| Illinois | 97 | #120 | #349 |
| Minnesota | 53 | #123 | #277 |
| Montana | 11 | #125 | — |
| Oregon | 32 | #132 | #394 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | #137 | — |
| South Dakota | 10 | #143 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 89 | #144 | #325 |
| New Jersey | 65 | #153 | #355 |
| Idaho | 18 | #160 | — |
| Delaware | 7 | #164 | — |
| Michigan | 60 | #167 | #310 |
| New York | 114 | #168 | #369 |
| Colorado | 43 | #170 | #393 |
| Iowa | 25 | #174 | #234 |
| Ohio | 75 | #176 | #255 |
| Utah | 31 | #179 | #376 |
| Kansas | 22 | #187 | #417 |
| Alaska | 5 | #191 | — |
| Virginia | 47 | #193 | #425 |
| Maryland | 32 | #194 | #359 |
| Indiana | 44 | #195 | #284 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #198 | #184 |
| Washington | 41 | #204 | #300 |
| Tennessee | 38 | #236 | #665 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #249 | — |
| North Carolina | 50 | #254 | #436 |
| South Carolina | 23 | #254 | #474 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #257 | #277 |
| Missouri | 27 | #263 | #402 |
| California | 138 | #271 | #445 |
| Florida | 72 | #283 | #463 |
| Nebraska | 9 | #288 | #282 |
| Georgia | 37 | #336 | #454 |
| Alabama | 16 | #356 | #688 |
| Louisiana | 14 | #367 | #408 |
| Texas | 100 | #370 | #513 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | #373 | #472 |
| Nevada | 8 | #386 | #385 |
| Arizona | 20 | #390 | #383 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #418 | — |
| Kentucky | 11 | #447 | #488 |
| Mississippi | 6 | #511 | — |
| Arkansas | 5 | #615 | #627 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,332 | #230 | 1,768 | #199 |
| 2024 | 1,105 | #287 | 1,596 | #227 |
| 2023 | 1,006 | #305 | 1,447 | #242 |
| 2022 | 959 | #336 | 1,229 | #280 |
| 2021 | 791 | #399 | 1,135 | #295 |
| 2020 | 675 | #458 | 997 | #330 |
| 2019 | 677 | #459 | 924 | #358 |
| 2018 | 530 | #581 | 884 | #369 |
| 2017 | 534 | #566 | 862 | #380 |
| 2016 | 470 | #637 | 828 | #386 |
| 2015 | 419 | #683 | 853 | #379 |
| 2014 | 330 | #839 | 748 | #417 |
| 2013 | 285 | #900 | 610 | #460 |
| 2012 | 248 | #1,024 | 564 | #481 |
| 2011 | 288 | #910 | 413 | #599 |
| 2010 | 245 | #1,023 | 304 | #748 |
| 2009 | 287 | #934 | 303 | #758 |
| 2008 | 275 | #976 | 281 | #784 |
| 2007 | 245 | #1,073 | 260 | #829 |
| 2006 | 231 | #1,094 | 246 | #830 |
| 2005 | 198 | #1,167 | 283 | #718 |
| 2004 | 201 | #1,139 | 264 | #724 |
| 2003 | 234 | #989 | 316 | #645 |
| 2002 | 187 | #1,119 | 258 | #698 |
| 2001 | 142 | #1,354 | 236 | #741 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,979 | 290 | #631 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,462 | 287 | #629 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,606 | 302 | #609 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,765 | 240 | #679 |
| 1996 | 40 | #3,013 | 242 | #677 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,650 | 204 | #755 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,289 | 223 | #697 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,350 | 228 | #684 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,757 | 273 | #625 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,523 | 333 | #557 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,496 | 374 | #512 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,858 | 396 | #480 |
| 1988 | 34 | #3,025 | 406 | #447 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,391 | 390 | #450 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,957 | 444 | #407 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,532 | 502 | #367 |
| 1984 | 38 | #2,506 | 549 | #342 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,390 | 535 | #341 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,358 | 735 | #281 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,319 | 426 | #394 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,117 | 355 | #439 |
| 1979 | 28 | #3,051 | 342 | #433 |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,341 | 418 | #376 |
| 1977 | 51 | #1,947 | 538 | #335 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,471 | 240 | #520 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,376 | 160 | #648 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,740 | 167 | #623 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,893 | 131 | #703 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,341 | 187 | #583 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,234 | 204 | #575 |
| 1970 | 51 | #1,776 | 281 | #483 |
| 1969 | 105 | #1,085 | 351 | #422 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,136 | 171 | #579 |
| 1967 | — | — | 202 | #526 |
| 1966 | — | — | 255 | #481 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,305 | 353 | #416 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,922 | 366 | #424 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,828 | 386 | #410 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,560 | 508 | #349 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,569 | 507 | #351 |
| 1960 | 11 | #4,116 | 638 | #311 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,960 | 802 | #280 |
| 1958 | 16 | #3,058 | 486 | #347 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,714 | 476 | #345 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,862 | 511 | #327 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,819 | 375 | #373 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,295 | 297 | #416 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,285 | 214 | #480 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,349 | 163 | #548 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,728 | 134 | #607 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,448 | 163 | #534 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,390 | 150 | #546 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,420 | 122 | #616 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,482 | 73 | #813 |
| 1946 | — | — | 36 | #1,174 |
| 1945 | — | — | 20 | #1,527 |
| 1944 | — | — | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1943 | — | — | 14 | #2,059 |
| 1942 | — | — | 16 | #1,852 |
| 1941 | — | — | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1940 | — | — | 7 | #3,087 |
| 1939 | — | — | 5 | #3,888 |
| 1933 | — | — | 5 | #4,066 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).