NameTides

Rory

Rory was the #199 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,768 babies), and #17 in England & Wales and #125 in Canada.

Rory as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Rory as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Rory as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#199 (1,768)#17 (1,760)#3 (301)#20 (71)#60 (93)#125 (249)#85 (99)#76 (96)
2024#227 (1,596)#24 (1,588)#3 (275)#33 (54)#68 (86)#138 (231)——
2023#242 (1,447)#33 (1,468)#6 (254)#34 (60)#74 (87)#146 (214)——
2022#280 (1,229)#38 (1,435)#7 (251)#28 (64)#94 (68)#191 (183)——
2021#295 (1,135)#39 (1,483)#9 (247)#49 (56)#74 (90)#194 (190)——
2020#330 (997)#43 (1,344)#7 (258)#65 (44)#72 (92)#200 (173)——
2019#358 (924)#46 (1,357)#10 (258)#32 (72)#71 (99)#200 (187)——
2018#368 (884)#47 (1,323)#10 (280)#52 (54)#72 (93)#225 (163)——
2017#379 (862)#54 (1,187)#17 (234)#37 (70)#72 (101)#246 (150)——
2016#386 (828)#80 (856)#25 (211)#68 (47)#74 (97)#275 (128)——
2015#379 (853)#74 (912)#23 (233)#80 (44)#73 (108)#259 (135)——
2014#415 (748)#87 (755)#28 (215)#48 (63)#66 (124)#290 (118)——
2013#459 (610)#96 (652)#42 (182)#74 (42)#65 (126)#282 (115)——
2012#481 (564)#99 (642)#31 (233)#44 (69)#42 (200)#310 (101)——
2011#599 (413)#110 (586)#34 (205)#35 (77)#56 (159)#344 (87)——

Rory as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Rory as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Rory as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#230 (1,332)#1,271 (25)#539 (5)#220 (138)
2024#287 (1,105)#1,603 (19)—#280 (109)
2023#305 (1,006)#1,469 (21)#482 (6)#291 (104)
2022#335 (959)#1,452 (21)—#305 (97)
2021#399 (791)#2,201 (12)—#350 (93)
2020#458 (675)#1,939 (14)—#377 (84)
2019#459 (677)#4,001 (5)#765 (3)#423 (77)
2018#580 (530)#1,977 (14)—#471 (68)
2017#564 (534)#2,706 (9)—#507 (63)
2016#637 (470)——#554 (56)
2015#680 (419)#5,730 (3)—#528 (58)
2014#838 (330)——#792 (35)
2013#899 (285)#5,742 (3)—#758 (37)
2012#1,018 (248)——#931 (28)
2011#905 (288)#5,785 (3)—#776 (35)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #199.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1933.
  • In 2025, 43% of US babies named Rory were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 970 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 970common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 150very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 65very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 120very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 260common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 640common
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rory is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 850 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 810 to 1 in 890.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rory by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: #113MEWisconsin: #112WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #106NHWashington: #200WAIdaho: #150IDMontana: #109MTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #118MNIllinois: #120ILMichigan: #166MINew York: #168NYMassachusetts: #56MAOregon: #128ORNevada: #362NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #127SDIowa: #167IAIndiana: #192INOhio: #176OHPennsylvania: #143PANew Jersey: #150NJConnecticut: #97CTRhode Island: #125RICalifornia: #268CAUtah: #178UTColorado: #165CONebraska: #266NEMissouri: #261MOKentucky: #422KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #190VAMaryland: #189MDDelaware: #142DEArizona: #376AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #175KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #233TNNorth Carolina: #247NCSouth Carolina: #243SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #351OKLouisiana: #353LAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #333ALGeorgia: #327GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #368TXFlorida: #282FL
Rory (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#97124
Quebec2025#6236

Rory (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RoryCanadaGirls#220138
RoryCanadaBoys#125249
RoryEngland & WalesGirls#1,27125
RoryEngland & WalesBoys#171,760
RoryIrelandBoys#6093
RoryNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RoryNorthern IrelandBoys#2071
RoryNSWBoys#8599
RoryScotlandGirls#5395
RoryScotlandBoys#3301
RoryUSGirls#2301,332
RoryUSBoys#1991,768
RoryVICBoys#7696