Name meaning & stats
Rory
Rory means “red king”. 49,411 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“red king”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
49,411 US babies were named Rory between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Rory (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Rory is the main spelling
- Rory 99%
- Rorey 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)