Zori
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZOR-ee
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Zori is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
Where does Zori come from?
Slavic: possibly a pet form of Zora, from Slavic zora 'dawn'
Is Zori a girl's or a boy's name?
Zori is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zori in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,877among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Zori, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zori than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Zori in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zori in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,274 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,995 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,891 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,713 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Zori
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuri Rumi Zhuri Yumi Miyori Kiyomi Kyomi Tru Suki Xuri Yuna Zuri
Names related to Zori
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Milah Raisa
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, “Zori: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zori, updated 20 October 2026.