Story
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- STOR-ee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,818 for girls
Story is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “story; tale”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 1,818th for girls in the US (110 babies).
What does Story mean?
English: English word, via Old French from Latin historia
“story; tale”
From Old French estorie, from Latin historia, the same root as history.
Is Story a girl's or a boy's name?
Story is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 110 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Story in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Story, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named Story of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
In 2025, 62 girls in the UK were given Story or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #621, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Story in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
How popular is Story in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,818th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 110 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 110 girls in the US were named Story, making it the 1,818th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 133 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971. 10 boys were also named Story in 2025 (7,675th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Story in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 360 girls in the US were given Story or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #755, up from #1,818 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 92% of the babies named Story in the US were girls.
Story in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #1,818 |
| 2024 | 133 | #1,579 |
| 2023 | 93 | #2,076 |
| 2022 | 105 | #1,907 |
| 2021 | 86 | #2,173 |
| 2020 | 98 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 114 | #1,789 |
| 2018 | 74 | #2,419 |
| 2017 | 76 | #2,384 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 89 | #2,139 |
| 2013 | 84 | #2,211 |
| 2012 | 102 | #1,929 |
| 2011 | 79 | #2,346 |
| 2010 | 80 | #2,360 |
| 2009 | 76 | #2,484 |
| 2008 | 72 | #2,584 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,964 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Story
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ivy, Lily, Harper, Poppy, Willow, Scarlett, Romy, Everly, Felicity, Isla, Freya, Lyra
Other spellings of Story
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Ellie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Story: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/story, updated 20 October 2026.