girls:
3.9k births since 1948
#2770 (52nd percentile)
boys:
6.9k births since 1947
#1411 (69th percentile)
overall:
10.8k births since 1947
#2538 (67th percentile)
The name Tory is the #2,538 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,823 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 67.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 67.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,411 (69.2% percentile) for all time with 6,940 births since 1947. For girls, it ranks #2,770 (51.5% percentile) for all time with 3,883 births since 1948.
Tory first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (1947 for boys and 1948 for girls).
The name Tory has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 65.9% of babies named Tory were boys.
For boys, Tory reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 37.0% percentile (ranked #425) with 167 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 167 births per million (ranked 37.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Tory ranks #889 for boys (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 8.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Tory reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 22.7% percentile (ranked #594) with 109 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 109 births per million (ranked 22.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Tory ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 7.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tory".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Tory. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 91.5% confident that Tory is pronounced as TAW-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TOH-ree, at 8.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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