# Tory (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tory/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtoɹ.i/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,916 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,990 / 3,926 (36% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 55, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Short for Victoria when used as a female name, and for Victor or Salvatore when used as a male name.

## 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 | 39 | 3,908 |
| 2012 | 38 | 4,041 |
| 2013 | 44 | 3,566 |
| 2014 | 36 | 4,174 |
| 2015 | 37 | 4,065 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4,237 |
| 2017 | 33 | 4,370 |
| 2018 | 32 | 4,447 |
| 2019 | 29 | 4,766 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,901 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5,931 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6,449 |
| 2023 | 14 | 8,022 |
| 2024 | 21 | 5,943 |
| 2025 | 22 | 5,704 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 2,897 |
| 2012 | 28 | 3,794 |
| 2013 | 31 | 3,489 |
| 2014 | 28 | 3,774 |
| 2015 | 40 | 2,959 |
| 2016 | 48 | 2,620 |
| 2017 | 42 | 2,884 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,048 |
| 2019 | 35 | 3,338 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,069 |
| 2021 | 23 | 4,482 |
| 2022 | 35 | 3,405 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,105 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4,558 |
| 2025 | 24 | 4,375 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Tory

- Tory Burch, American fashion designer, businesswoman, and philanthropist
- Roger Tory Peterson, American naturalist, ornithologist and writer (1908–1996)
- Tory Kittles, American actor

## 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.