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Rory

Pronounced /ˈɹɔːɹi/

Rank in 2024
#226
Born in 2024
1,594
Peak year
2024 · #226
Origin
Irish
Also recorded for girls:1,102 in 2024 (#286)

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,594 boys were named Rory, about 1 in every 1,076.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1933.
  • 34,067 boys 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.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. 0.2
    Boomers
  4. 0.2
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.6
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 91 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 6,406 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,356 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Millennials: 6,259 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,847 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 12,108 babies, 0.56 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.