Girls' name · since 2011

Zory

15 babies named Zory in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#50,378 of 72,339
all-time among girls
15
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade

Zory is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 15 have been recorded since 2011.

Zory has 15 recorded births among girls since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2019.

  • #50,378 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 15 born since 2011
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zory ranks #50,378 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.

#50,378 of 72,339
all-time among girls
15
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zory's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Zory's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Zory splits its recorded history at 2012: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births).

Zory popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2019

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2011)
5
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
5 201120122019 5

Zory by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (15 births, 100% of the file).

2010s was Zory's strongest decade.

15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Zory births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 15 births (100% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zory?
Zory has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 2011, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #50,378 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2019. 5 babies were born in 2011, its single highest year.
Where does Zory sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zory ranks #50,378 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zory most popular?
Zory was most popular in the 2010s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Zory been used?
Zory has been recorded in Social Security data since 2011, spanning 9 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Zory?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zora, Zoraida, Zori, Zoriah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Zory: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2011–2019 (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 Zory 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.