Spellings
Rory or Rori?
In the US in 2025, 93% of babies in this name family were spelled Rory and 5% Rori. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Rory already led in 2015, with 85% of the family's births; it has 88% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,002 to 2,013 births (×2).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rory | 853 | 1,768 | ×2 |
| Rori | 116 | 172 | +48% |
| Rorie | 33 | 73 | ×2 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈrɔri/ (ROR-ee). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Rory 10 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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