Girls' name · since 1961

Nory

44 babies named Nory in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

44
total births
1961–2022
years on record
2020s
peak decade
48%
born in that decade

Nory is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 44 have been recorded since 1961.

Nory has 44 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2022.

  • 44 total births
  • 1961–2022 years on record
  • 2020s peak decade
  • 48% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

The verdict

44 girls have been named Nory since 1961, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2022.

44
total births
1961–2022
years on record
2020s
peak decade
48%
born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Nory was born in this single decade.

2022
Single peak year

10 babies were named Nory in 2022 - its busiest year on record.

Nory's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Nory's full recorded timeline at 2016, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Nory at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

44

Since 1961

62 years of records

Peak year

2022

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1961

Recorded for 62 years

Last year on file: 2022

Nory popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2022

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2022)
10
Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
4681012 1961198419932016202020212022 10

Nory by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2020s was Nory's strongest decade.

21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.

Nory births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 21 births (48% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nory?
44 babies have been named Nory since 1961. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2022 with 10 births.
When was Nory most popular?
Nory was most popular in the 2020s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
How long has the name Nory been used?
Nory has been recorded in Social Security data since 1961, spanning 62 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Nory?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Norma, Nora, Norah, Noreen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1961–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Nory: Baby Name Since 1961 - 44 Births, Peak 2022." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/nory. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nory draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.