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Rory
Pronounced /ˈɹɔːɹi/
Rank in 2024
#286
Born in 2024
1,102
Peak year
2024 · #286
Origin
Irish
Also recorded for boys:1,594 in 2024 (#226)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,102 girls were named Rory, about 1 in every 1,464.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1947.
- 12,243 girls have been named Rory since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Rory per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 409 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 498 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 537 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,023 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,776 babies, 0.38 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Ruairidh and Irish Ruairí (“red-haired king”), from Old Irish Ruaidrí (“red king”).
- A unisex given name.
- A male given name from Irish.
- A diminutive of the male given name Roderick.
- A female given name from Irish.
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- /ˈɹɔːɹi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Rory, CC BY-SA 4.0.