Ory — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ory

The Social Security Administration has registered 147 babies named Ory between 1919 and 2011, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ory currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ory performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ory shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ory in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ory in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 147 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.