Rory

boys’ name · 74%girls’ name · 26%At its peakCompare

Rory is ranked 226th among boys in 2024 (1,594 births). Its best rank was 226th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #226up 16 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,5940.09% of boys
Peak year: 20241,594 births
Best rank: #226in 2024
Since 1933: 46,310people given the name

Babies named Rory, by year of birthboysgirls

The story in the numbers

34,067 boys have been named Rory in the United States since 1933, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,594 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 2010s alone account for 21%. It has spent 78 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rory is used for both sexes: 26% of its bearers are girls (12,243), most of them born around 2024.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Rory
1930s	10
1940s	462
1950s	3,622
1960s	3,735
1970s	2,669
1980s	4,737
1990s	2,706
2000s	2,737
2010s	6,990
2020s	6,399

In 2024, its biggest year

Rory was the 226th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Rory

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.