Celtic · unisex

Rory

A warm name climbing in the U.S. right now.

Rank 2024

#226

Trend

rising

Band

balanced

Styles

short · modern

Meaning

Red king

Rory is a balanced unisex name with Celtic roots. In 2024, 1,594 newborns in the U.S. were given the name — ranking it #226 nationally, and it has been climbing in recent years. Its style leans short, modern, unisex — tags you can match against your partner's picks in the combiner.

shortmodernunisex

About Celtic names

Celtic names come from the old languages of Ireland, Scotland, and Brittany, and they carry that landscape with them — names meaning fair, little fire, born of the sea. Spellings can look mysterious to American eyes (Saoirse, Niamh) because Gaelic follows its own elegant rules. Many arrive with myths attached: warriors, queens, and figures from stories a thousand years deep.

Meaning and origin are editorial; U.S. popularity comes from Social Security Administration public files.

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