Mori
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MOR-ee
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Mori is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “forest”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Mori mean?
Japanese: Japanese word mori; sometimes a short form of Moriah
“forest”
Is Mori a girl's or a boy's name?
Mori is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Mori in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Mori, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1980, with 8 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955. 7 boys were also named Mori in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Mori in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mori in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
Names like Mori
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Miyori, Kyomi, Kiyomi, Rumi, Yumi, Zhuri, Lumi, Kayomi, Nami, Mayumi, Sayori, Xuri
Names related to Mori
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya, Aizen
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mori: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mori, updated 20 October 2026.