first name
RORY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 32,392 people named Rory, 81.7% reported their origin as White, 6.2% as Black and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 76.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rory peaked in 2025, when 3,100 babies got the name.
At least 49,421 babies have been given the name since 1933. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Rory by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #292. The largest share of babies named Rory, 46.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Rory is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rory has been most common in Washington (2.1×), Colorado (2×), and Minnesota (1.8×), and least common in Mississippi (0.15×).
43,245 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rory, most common first.
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