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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Stori

Stori was the 1558th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 136 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1372nd with 166 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,413 places. More babies were named Stori in the 2020s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,558 girls, up 399 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
136girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2024166 babies
Total since 1880
1,536babies recorded

Stori popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 15 since 2021, 5 in 2025.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#1,558136
2020#1,95798
2010#5,09128
2000#9,79510
1990#12,7616
1980#8,0688
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How popular is Stori, counting every spelling?

Stori is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #812 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,558 for Stori on its own. Together these spellings went to 334 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Stori136#1,558698
Story110#1,831527
Storie61#2,812214
Storey16#7,09848
Storri6#14,72029

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Stori?

136 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Stori (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Stori 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 62 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Stori.

Chance of another Stori in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inGeorgiaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Stori?

About 1,500 people born in the US named Stori are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 15. That makes Stori a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Stori by state

How common Stori was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Maryland (5.4×), Georgia (2.9×), Pennsylvania (2.5×), Virginia (2.0×), New York (1.6×). In 34 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesIL0.08Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesNY0.14Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIN0.04Ohio: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesOH0.09Pennsylvania: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesPA0.21New Jersey: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.09Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCO0.04Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesVA0.18Maryland: 0.46 per 1,000 babiesMD0.46Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesNC0.10South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: 0.42 per 1,000 babiesDC0.42Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesLA0.11Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesAL0.05Georgia: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesGA0.25Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesFL0.10
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Stori, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Stori

How popular is the name Stori?

Stori was the 1558th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 136 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1372nd with 166 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,413 places. More babies were named Stori in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Is Stori a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Stori in the US.

Where is Stori most popular?

In 2021–2025, Stori was most common in Maryland (0.46 per 1,000 girls), followed by District of Columbia and Georgia.