Rorey
Boy · ROR-ee · Irish
Rorey is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “red king”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Rorey mean?
Irish: spelling of Rory, from Ruaidri
“red king”
Rory O'Connor (Ruaidri Ua Conchobair) was the last High King of Ireland, in the 12th century.
- Say it
- ROR-ee
Is Rorey a girl's or a boy's name?
Rorey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Rorey in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rorey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rorey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Rorey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Rorey, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 1983. 6 girls were also named Rorey in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Rorey of any year since it first appeared, in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Rorey in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,779 boys in the US were given Rorey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #223, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
- Rory 1,768
- Rorey 11
Rorey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
Nicknames for Rorey
- Ror
Names like Rorey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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