Girls' name · since 1945
Tori
Tori has 37,134 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #726 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,336 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 37,134
- born since 1945
- 1990s
- peak decade
37,134 babies have been named Tori since 1945, making it today's #1336 girls' name.
Tori has 37,134 recorded births among girls since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1336 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2025.
- #726 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,336 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 37,134 born since 1945
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tori ranks #726 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,336 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 37,134 born since 1945, peaking in the 1990s.
- #726 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,336 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 37,134
- born since 1945
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tori's 37,134 recorded births place it above 98.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Tori compares
37,134 Top 5% higher than 95% of 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
Tori's all-time total is 99x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tori | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 37,134 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,222 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tori's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tori splits its recorded history at 1986: 82% of all births land in the more recent half, 18% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1945 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 2,222 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tori popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 2,222
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Tori popularity over time - boys
1,214 total births recorded since 1960 (Tori as boys' name)
Tori by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (14,535 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Tori's strongest decade.
14,535 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Tori births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 25
1940s
25 births
- 1950s 325
1950s
325 births
- 1960s 1,538
1960s
1,538 births
- 1970s 3,327
1970s
3,327 births
- 1980s 3,441
1980s
3,441 births
- 1990s
1990s
14,535 births
- 2000s
2000s
8,705 births
- 2010s 3,874
2010s
3,874 births
- 2020s 1,364
2020s
1,364 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 14,535 births (39% of all-time use).
How Tori compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tori's total volume
Tori by state
Where Tori concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,007 | 8.1% |
| #2 | California | | 2,893 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,877 | 5.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,647 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 1,599 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 1,561 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,447 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 1,308 | 3.5% |
3,007 of 37,134 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Tori appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tori's data
- Tori's decade-level peak was the 1990s (14,535 total births); usage has since declined to 1,364 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Toris (3,007 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Tori: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~80 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, 1945–2025 (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 Tori 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.