girls:
36.8k births since 1945
#716 (87th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1960
#3409 (26th percentile)
overall:
38k births since 1945
#1277 (84th percentile)
The name Tori is the #1,277 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 37,997 recorded births since 1945. This represents the 83.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 83.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #716 (87.5% percentile) for all time with 36,799 births since 1945. For boys, it ranks #3,409 (25.6% percentile) for all time with 1,198 births since 1960.
Tori first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1945 (1945 for girls and 1960 for boys). Birth data for Tori is available in 77 out of the 79 years between 1945 and 2023 (77 years for girls and 62 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 Tori has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Tori reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 83.3% percentile (ranked #142) with 1,140 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 1,140 births per million (ranked 83.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1997, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Tori ranks #750 for girls (20.8% percentile) with 115 births per million, which is 10.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tori reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #615) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 28 births per million (ranked 6.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Tori ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 9.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tori".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Tori is pronounced as TAW-ree, which has 2 syllables.
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