Unisex name · since 1933
Rory
35,841 babies named Rory in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #608 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #199 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 35,841
- born since 1933
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rory currently ranks #199 among unisex names in America, with 35,841 babies recorded since 1933.
Rory has 35,841 recorded births among boys since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #199 as of the latest data, more common than 99% of boys, 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 1933 to 2025.
- #608 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #199 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 35,841 born since 1933
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rory ranks #608 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #199 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 35,841 born since 1933, peaking in the 2020s.
- #608 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #199 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 35,841
- born since 1933
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rory's 35,841 recorded births place it above 98.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Rory compares
35,841 Top 5% higher than 95% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rory's all-time total is 97x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rory | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 35,841 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,768 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rory's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rory's full recorded timeline at 1982, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1933, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,768 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rory popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,768
- Annual births at peak, across 93 years of records
Rory popularity over time - girls
13,580 total births recorded since 1947 (Rory as girls' name)
Rory by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (8,172 births, 23% of the file).
2020s was Rory's strongest decade.
8,172 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Rory births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 462
1940s
462 births
- 1950s
1950s
3,621 births
- 1960s
1960s
3,737 births
- 1970s 2,668
1970s
2,668 births
- 1980s
1980s
4,738 births
- 1990s 2,706
1990s
2,706 births
- 2000s 2,737
2000s
2,737 births
- 2010s
2010s
6,990 births
- 2020s
2020s
8,172 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 8,172 births (23% of all-time use).
How Rory compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Rory's total volume
Rory by state
Where Rory concentrates geographically, total births since 1933
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,925 | 11.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 2,824 | 7.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 2,048 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 1,870 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,631 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,418 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 1,356 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,306 | 3.6% |
3,925 of 35,841 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Rory appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Rory's data
- California records the most Rorys (3,925 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rory: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~92 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1933–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Rory 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 August 2026.