Jory
Jory was the 4614th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1973, when it ranked 755th; the most babies were born in 1989 (123). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,287 places. More babies were named Jory in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,614 boys, up 519 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22boys
- Girls and boys
- 42% girls, 58% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1989123 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,943babies recorded
Jory popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,471 | #4,614 | 9 | 22 |
| 2020 | #6,467 | #5,133 | 18 | 18 |
| 2010 | #15,889 | #3,581 | 6 | 30 |
| 2000 | #7,777 | #1,933 | 13 | 54 |
| 1990 | #13,938 | #998 | 5 | 112 |
| 1980 | #7,707 | #1,219 | 8 | 57 |
| 1970 | #7,456 | #1,961 | 6 | 21 |
| 1960 | #4,030 | #1,882 | 11 | 19 |
| 1950 | #3,147 | #966 | 12 | 52 |
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How popular is Jory, counting every spelling?
Jory has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Jory?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jory (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jory born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jory.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jory?
About 3,000 people born in the US named Jory are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 26 and 44. That makes Jory mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Jory
How popular is the name Jory?
Jory was the 4614th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1973, when it ranked 755th; the most babies were born in 1989 (123). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,287 places. More babies were named Jory in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Jory a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 42% girls, 58% boys given the name Jory in the US.