first name
TORY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 9,579 people named Tory, 60.2% reported their origin as White, 28.1% as Black and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 60% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Tory peaked in 1977, when 466 babies got the name.
At least 10,916 babies have been given the name since 1947. 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.
Tory by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,133. The largest share of babies named Tory, 39.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Tory is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tory has been most common in Louisiana (3.9×), Florida (2×), and Georgia (1.7×), and least common in Maryland (0.41×).
4,975 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.
Either side of Tory
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tory, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Tory ranks #45,998 of 156,621, with 500 people. See Tory as a last name
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