girls:
1.6k births since 1971
#4116 (28th percentile)
boys:
137 births since 1996
#4449 (3rd percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1971
#5973 (23rd percentile)
The name Story is the #5,973 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,780 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 22.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,116 (28.0% percentile) for all time with 1,643 births since 1971. For boys, it ranks #4,449 (2.9% percentile) for all time with 137 births since 1996.
Story first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 1996 for boys). Birth data for Story is available in 40 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (40 years for girls and 17 years for boys). 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 Story has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 84.3% of babies named Story were girls.
For girls, Story reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 11.5% percentile (ranked #836) with 62 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 62 births per million (ranked 11.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Story ranks #861 for girls (9.1% percentile) with 52 births per million, which is 83.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Story reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #899) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2014, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Story is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #899 (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Story".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Story is pronounced as STAW-ree, which has 2 syllables.
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