# Rori (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rori/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,365 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 64 / 3,301 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 154, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Rory.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 72 | 2,531 |
| 2012 | 78 | 2,397 |
| 2013 | 77 | 2,381 |
| 2014 | 80 | 2,321 |
| 2015 | 116 | 1,812 |
| 2016 | 104 | 1,941 |
| 2017 | 121 | 1,748 |
| 2018 | 136 | 1,588 |
| 2019 | 145 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 160 | 1,367 |
| 2021 | 153 | 1,418 |
| 2022 | 191 | 1,258 |
| 2023 | 137 | 1,554 |
| 2024 | 141 | 1,528 |
| 2025 | 172 | 1,298 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 5 | 4,475 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,383 |
| 2002 | 5 | 12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,499 |
| 2019 | 12 | 7,097 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,390 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,573 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,633 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,969 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.