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Jory

#4,613 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of George

Jory has been given to 3,943 babies in the U.S. since 1947. In 2025 it ranked #4,613 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1989, with 123 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% boys, 18% girls all-time.

Babies named Jory, 2025

1 in 151,000

Jory over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jory over time

In 2025, Jory went to 29% girls and 71% boys.

19472025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jory: meaning, origin, and history

Form of George

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jory means

Jory is a form of George.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jory → George. The family’s proposed meaning is “farmer, earth worker”, recorded in English with the source elements geōrgós.

Origin, language, and formation

Jory is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include George.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,223 boys were recorded with the name Jory between 1947 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 123 in 1989; its best national rank was #755 in 1973.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,129 in 2020 to #4,613 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,326 in 2015 to #4,613 in 2025.

In the United States, 720 girls were recorded with the name Jory between 1950 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 38 in 2017; its best national rank was #3,146 in 1950.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,463 in 2020 to #10,467 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,333 in 2015 to #10,467 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jory?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 151,000
22 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 77,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,613
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
104,451 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jory sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 104,451 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jory. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jorys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jory was born before 1989 — so the typical Jory is around 36 today.

Median birth year
1989
About 36 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
26.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
23.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,211
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 26.5% of all recorded uses (853).

Is Jory rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,871
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+516
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,287
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.65×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
17.9%
Peak was 1989 (123)
Years since peak
36
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#755
1973

Spellings of Jory

Jory is not the most common spelling — John is, with 50.5% against Jory's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jory is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jory was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 131,669 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 25,000
  2. 2Montana1 in 33,333
  3. 3Texas1 in 50,000
  4. 4Washington1 in 50,000
  5. 5Wyoming1 in 50,000
  6. 6California1 in 100,000
  7. 7Idaho1 in 100,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jory has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jory is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jory was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,515,650 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4New Jersey1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jory has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jory around the world

Where Jory ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2021
    #4,789
    in 2021
  • France
    1975–2014
    #4,394
    in 2014
  • Canada
    1991–2020
    #2,945
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    1974–2003
    #588
    in 2003

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jory

People whose public names include Jory, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jory in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Jory. Linked forms have their own page here.

JoriJorisJöri

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Jory by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,613
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 516
Best rank ever
#755
1973
Peak year
1989
123 that year
First recorded
1947
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,223
Count in 2025
22

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,467
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,004
Best rank ever
#3,146
1950
Peak year
2017
38 that year
First recorded
1950
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
720
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Jory

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Jory

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jory, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DerrekDemetrisDontaRamoneMarkeithGeraldoNicholausDerikAmitJerelSharifJarret

Sibling names for Jory

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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