Jory
Girl · JOR-ee · Greek
Jory is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “farmer”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Jory mean?
Greek: Cornish form of George
“farmer”
A Cornish form of George, sometimes also used as a pet form of Jordan.
- Say it
- JOR-ee
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Is Jory a girl's or a boy's name?
Jory is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 22 boys in the US.
How popular is Jory in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jory in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 81% of the babies named Jory in the UK were girls.
Jory in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
How popular is Jory in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Jory, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 123 boys. It first appears in the records in 1947. 9 girls were also named Jory in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Jory in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 19% of the babies named Jory in the US in 1950, and 29% in 2025.
Jory in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 37 | #2,599 |
| 2001 | 39 | #2,485 |
| 2000 | 54 | #1,920 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,137 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,856 |
| 1996 | 54 | #1,722 |
| 1995 | 86 | #1,251 |
| 1994 | 84 | #1,271 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,233 |
| 1992 | 100 | #1,093 |
| 1991 | 122 | #958 |
| 1990 | 112 | #991 |
| 1989 | 123 | #913 |
| 1988 | 120 | #864 |
| 1987 | 110 | #892 |
| 1986 | 86 | #994 |
| 1985 | 87 | #974 |
| 1984 | 77 | #1,011 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,088 |
| 1982 | 77 | #1,031 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,334 |
| 1980 | 57 | #1,214 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,532 |
| 1978 | 46 | #1,352 |
| 1977 | 46 | #1,335 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,123 |
| 1975 | 67 | #1,000 |
| 1974 | 56 | #1,099 |
| 1973 | 113 | #753 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,903 |
| 1950 | 52 | #959 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
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