Rory**
#513 most common boys' name of all time · #1,108 across all names · 73% male / 27% female · used 1933–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#513
Rank overall
#1,108 of 105,966
First appeared
1933
Years on the list
88 of 146
All-time
49,421
Since 2016
19,749
Peak year
2025 #199
Best rank
#199 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 3,100/yr
Rory first appears in 1933. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,332 | 1,768 | 3,100 | #199 |
| 2024 | 1,105 | 1,596 | 2,701 | #227 |
| 2023 | 1,006 | 1,447 | 2,453 | #242 |
| 2022 | 959 | 1,229 | 2,188 | #280 |
| 2021 | 791 | 1,135 | 1,926 | #295 |
| 2020 | 675 | 997 | 1,672 | #330 |
| 2019 | 677 | 924 | 1,601 | #358 |
| 2018 | 530 | 884 | 1,414 | #369 |
| 2017 | 534 | 862 | 1,396 | #380 |
| 2016 | 470 | 828 | 1,298 | #387 |
| 2015 | 419 | 853 | 1,272 | #379 |
| 2014 | 330 | 748 | 1,078 | #417 |
| 2013 | 285 | 610 | 895 | #459 |
| 2012 | 248 | 564 | 812 | #481 |
| 2011 | 288 | 413 | 701 | #599 |
| 2010 | 245 | 304 | 549 | #748 |
| 2009 | 287 | 303 | 590 | #757 |
| 2008 | 275 | 281 | 556 | #783 |
| 2007 | 245 | 260 | 505 | #826 |
| 2006 | 231 | 246 | 477 | #828 |
| 2005 | 198 | 283 | 481 | #718 |
| 2004 | 201 | 264 | 465 | #722 |
| 2003 | 234 | 316 | 550 | #645 |
| 2002 | 187 | 258 | 445 | #697 |
| 2001 | 142 | 236 | 378 | #740 |
| 2000 | 85 | 290 | 375 | #631 |
| 1999 | 59 | 287 | 346 | #629 |
| 1998 | 53 | 302 | 355 | #608 |
| 1997 | 45 | 240 | 285 | #678 |
| 1996 | 40 | 242 | 282 | #677 |
| 1995 | 30 | 204 | 234 | #754 |
| 1994 | 35 | 223 | 258 | #697 |
| 1993 | 24 | 228 | 252 | #682 |
| 1992 | 29 | 273 | 302 | #625 |
| 1991 | 31 | 333 | 364 | #557 |
| 1990 | 31 | 374 | 405 | #512 |
| 1989 | 39 | 396 | 435 | #480 |
| 1988 | 34 | 406 | 440 | #447 |
| 1987 | 27 | 390 | 417 | #449 |
| 1986 | 32 | 444 | 476 | #407 |
| 1985 | 39 | 502 | 541 | #367 |
| 1984 | 38 | 549 | 587 | #342 |
| 1983 | 40 | 535 | 575 | #341 |
| 1982 | 42 | 735 | 777 | #281 |
| 1981 | 26 | 426 | 452 | #394 |
| 1980 | 28 | 355 | 383 | #439 |
| 1979 | 28 | 342 | 370 | #433 |
| 1978 | 39 | 418 | 457 | #376 |
| 1977 | 51 | 538 | 589 | #335 |
| 1976 | 33 | 240 | 273 | #521 |
| 1975 | 21 | 160 | 181 | #648 |
| 1974 | 27 | 167 | 194 | #623 |
| 1973 | 24 | 131 | 155 | #702 |
| 1972 | 32 | 187 | 219 | #583 |
| 1971 | 36 | 204 | 240 | #575 |
| 1970 | 51 | 281 | 332 | #483 |
| 1969 | 105 | 351 | 456 | #422 |
| 1968 | 18 | 171 | 189 | #579 |
| 1967 | — | 202 | 202 | #527 |
| 1966 | — | 255 | 255 | #481 |
| 1965 | 5 | 353 | 358 | #417 |
| 1964 | 9 | 366 | 375 | #424 |
| 1963 | 9 | 386 | 395 | #410 |
| 1962 | 14 | 508 | 522 | #349 |
| 1961 | 14 | 507 | 521 | #352 |
| 1960 | 11 | 638 | 649 | #311 |
| 1959 | 17 | 802 | 819 | #280 |
| 1958 | 16 | 486 | 502 | #347 |
| 1957 | 19 | 476 | 495 | #345 |
| 1956 | 34 | 511 | 545 | #327 |
| 1955 | 17 | 375 | 392 | #374 |
| 1954 | 13 | 297 | 310 | #416 |
| 1953 | 22 | 214 | 236 | #480 |
| 1952 | 12 | 163 | 175 | #548 |
| 1951 | 32 | 134 | 166 | #609 |
| 1950 | 41 | 163 | 204 | #534 |
| 1949 | 45 | 150 | 195 | #546 |
| 1948 | 43 | 122 | 165 | #616 |
| 1947 | 41 | 73 | 114 | #814 |
| 1946 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,175 |
| 1945 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1942 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,866 |
| 1941 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,485 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,120 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,936 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,150 |