Lory

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #11,231 · Last seen for boys in 1966 at #3,948
Given to girls 89.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1962 · 106 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,258
since 1923

Lory over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #1,050, 1962peak #2,135, 1951girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#11,2318
2021#11,1468
2020
2019#12,4487
2018#13,7936
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012#12,1998
2011#16,7645
2010
2009#17,2945
2008#12,5798
2007#13,9247
2006#10,61110
2005#10,9219
2004#9,89210
2003
2002#12,1877
2001#10,1029
2000#9,8749
1999#8,22311
1998#12,4266
1997#7,28312
1996#6,72313
1995#8,7669
1994#8,12210
1993#5,95515
1992#6,31414
1991#5,65916
1990#7,30311
1989#6,53112
1988#5,89513
1987#5,31214
1986#4,34718
1985#3,98320
1984#5,22213
1983#3,34024
1982#3,34425
1981#4,00519
1980#3,31825
1979#2,79531
1978#2,68031
1977#2,46335
1976#2,43933
1975#1,98644
1974#1,80149
1973#1,88544
1972#1,62755
1971#1,85747
1970#1,42173
1969#1,63554
1968#1,62550
1967#1,38263
1966#1,41660#3,9485
1965#1,39462
1964#1,22481
1963#1,15090#2,41412
1962#1,050106
1961#1,063106
1960#1,14790#3,0778
1959#1,25673#3,0378
1958#1,10491#2,37012
1957#1,23872#2,19014
1956#1,15181#2,36112
1955#1,64139#3,8865
1954#1,34455#3,1767
1953#1,56539#3,1437
1952#1,82030
1951#1,58336#2,13513
1950#2,43617#2,20712
1949#2,06922#2,8028
1948#2,82813#2,6089
1947#2,20020#3,3706
1946#3,6658#2,5349
1945#2,91610
1944#3,1399
1943#3,5385
1942#3,2126
1941#2,8727
1940
1939#3,7826#3,1136
1938
1937#3,5185
1936#2,8547
1935#2,9517
1934#3,6795
1933#3,6425
1932
1931#3,8486
1930
1929#2,9808
1928#3,0768
1927#4,2105
1926#4,2015
1925#3,1558
1924#4,4346
1923#4,9675#4,2395
1922#3,5327
1921
1920#2,9679
1919
1918
1917#3,2177
1916
1915#3,8255
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First appearance
1923

The first year at least five girls were named Lory! It came in at #4,967, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1925–1930, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lory
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1923
  • Peaked 1962 at #1,050 (106 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,553
  • Highest: 1 in 18,553 girls born in 1962 were named Lory (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 205,016 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 33.7% of all girls named Lory (762) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1947
  • Mostly boys until 1946, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s11#4,434 (1924)#4,701
1930s12#3,782 (1939)#3,815
1940s82#2,069 (1949)#2,803
1950s533#1,104 (1958)#1,514
1960s762#1,050 (1962)#1,309
1970s442#1,421 (1970)#2,095
1980s183#3,318 (1980)#4,530
1990s117#5,659 (1991)#7,677
2000s74#9,874 (2000)#11,932
2010s26#12,199 (2012)#13,801
2020s16#11,146 (2021)#11,189

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lory in 1959

girls
#1,256
73 births · 1 in 27,719 girls
boys
#3,037
8 births · 1 in 266,815 boys

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #1,256Lory73

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #3,037Lory8
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 27,719 of them was named Lory, which outranked 82.6% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lory
  1. #1,244Meri74
  2. #1,244Tonie74
  3. #1,244Winnie74
  4. #1,256Lory73
  5. #1,256Brooke73
  6. #1,256Cindie73
  7. #1,256Ila73
  8. #1,262Demetria72
  9. #1,262Erlinda72
  10. #1,262Ernestina72

Tied with 5 names at #1,256; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. 1,090Alesia#1,985#895
  2. 948Tori#1,791#843
  3. 440Taryn#1,211#771
  4. 437Venus#1,007#570
  5. 393Vilma#1,364#971
Fallers
  1. 283Dani#961#1,244
  2. 257Nicki#973#1,230
  3. 235Lanita#973#1,208
  4. 219Concetta#973#1,192
  5. 197Gisele#766#963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 266,815 of them was named Lory, which outranked 33.6% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lory
  1. #2,821Worth9
  2. #2,821Yehuda9
  3. #2,821Yosef9
  4. #3,037Lory8
  5. #3,037Abbie8
  6. #3,037Able8
  7. #3,037Abran8
  8. #3,290Achille7
  9. #3,290Aharon7
  10. #3,290Alessandro7

Tied with 252 names at #3,037; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. 2,208Efrem#3,033#825
  2. 901Darin#1,677#776
  3. 871Yancy#1,557#686
  4. 708Raynard#1,677#969
  5. 644Darrin#1,396#752
Fallers
  1. 307Jace#761#1,068
  2. 241Otha#915#1,156
  3. 234Cheryl#994#1,228
  4. 230Dann#969#1,199
  5. 227Carnell#777#1,004

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1959