Recorded 1947–2025 · United States
Jory was most popular in 1991, when 152 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,958 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,732, with 31 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,943 people named Jory.
Jory first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1947, which makes it about 78 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 78 of the 79 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,943 American births named Jory between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,710 are estimated to be alive today.
31 American babies were named Jory in 2025, ranking #7,732 that year.
Jory is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 37 births a year, against 44 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -16% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Jory is mostly a boy’s name — 18.3% of the 3,943 Americans given it were girls and 81.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 47% girls and 53% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 3,710 Americans named Jory are alive today — 94% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 35 years old, and half are between 21 and 44.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org