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Boy's name · #199 in the US (2025) · Trending
58% boys · 42% girls — Rory is also given to girls: 1,332 in 2025, about 42% in recent years. Rory →
Rory is climbing: on the charts since 1933, it reached #199 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 1,800 boys given the name last year. Roughly 36,000 have carried it all-time.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Rory is especially popular in Scotland.
#3 in Scotland (2025) · #17 in England & Wales (2025) · #20 in N. Ireland (2025) · #60 in Ireland (2025) · #76 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #85 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #86 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #122 in New Zealand (2025) · #1,040 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #1,495 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,938 in France (2025) and 1 more.
Among 404 notable people named Rory:
Sports figures appear 2.21× more often than among typical names — e.g. Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish professional golfer (born 1989).
Similar names: Kieran · Rome · Kyrie · Griffin · Ronan · Rowan
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