Roary
Boy · ROR-ee · Irish
Roary is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “red king”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Roary mean?
Irish: spelling variant of Rory
“red king”
Rory comes from Gaelic Ruairí; this spelling plays on the word roar.
- Say it
- ROR-ee
Is Roary a girl's or a boy's name?
Roary is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roary in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Roary, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Roary in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,155 boys in the UK were given Roary or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #20, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Roary in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
Names like Roary
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Roary
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