Rorie
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Rorie is a name of Irish origin, meaning “red king”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 2,438th for girls in the US (73 babies).
What does Rorie mean?
Irish: spelling of Rory, from Irish Ruairí
“red king”
Rory was borne by Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, the last High King of Ireland.
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Is Rorie a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rorie has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 5 boys in the UK and 73 girls in the US.
How popular is Rorie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 600% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Rorie, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. 5 boys were also named Rorie in 2025 (3,747th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Rorie of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
In 2025, 52 girls in the UK were given Rorie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #716, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 36% of the babies named Rorie in the UK in 2021, and 64% in 2025.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Rorie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
How popular is Rorie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,438among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 73about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 73 girls in the US were named Rorie, making it the 2,438th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. It first appears in the records in 1949.
2025 had the most girls named Rorie of any year since it first appeared, in 1949.
Half of all the girls named Rorie in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,588 girls in the US were given Rorie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #228, up from #2,438 for this spelling alone.
Rorie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,438 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,555 |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,170 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,892 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,923 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
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