Girls' name · since 1987
Storey
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 276 babies named Storey, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,972 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 276
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Storey is the #6972 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 276 recorded since 1987.
Social Security Administration records show Storey recorded 276 times among girls since 1987, holding rank #6972 nationally today, ahead of 60% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #16,644 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,972 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 276 born since 1987
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Storey ranks #16,644 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,972 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 276 born since 1987, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,972 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 276
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Storey's 276 recorded births place it above 76.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Storey compares
276 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Storey's all-time total is 27% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Storey | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 276 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Storey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Storey's full recorded timeline at 2008, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Storey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Storey by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (89 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Storey's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Storey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 89 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Storey's data
- Storey's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (89 total births) through the 2020s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Storey: 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 (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Storey 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.