girls:
11.1k births since 1947
#1488 (74th percentile)
boys:
32.5k births since 1933
#633 (86th percentile)
overall:
43.6k births since 1933
#1178 (85th percentile)
The name Rory is the #1,178 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 43,601 recorded births since 1933. This represents the 84.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 84.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #633 (86.2% percentile) for all time with 32,465 births since 1933. For girls, it ranks #1,488 (74.0% percentile) for all time with 11,136 births since 1947.
Rory first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1933 (1933 for boys and 1947 for girls). Birth data for Rory is available in 86 out of the 91 years between 1933 and 2023 (86 years for boys and 75 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rory has been given predominantly to boys, with 74.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 58.9% of babies named Rory were boys.
For boys, Rory reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 74.1% percentile (ranked #237) with 787 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 787 births per million (ranked 74.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rory is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #237 (74.1% percentile) with 787 births per million.
For girls, Rory reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 69.7% percentile (ranked #288) with 575 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 575 births per million (ranked 69.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1994, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rory is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #288 (69.7% percentile) with 575 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rory".
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