girl's name

Rori

  • Origin Irish
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 3,750

Scotland

#506

2002 births

Rori is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 172 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Rori is a name of Irish origin.
  • Peaked in 2022, when 198 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 19,275 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1947.

Rori over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,015
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Rori by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 13
1950s 85
1960s 119
1970s 176
1980s 228
1990s 94
2000s 654
2010s 1,015
2020s (to 2025) 981

How popular is Rori?

In 2025, Rori was given to 172 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Rori is used

Scotland #506 3 in 2002
Ireland #850 4 in 2015
United States #1,298 172 in 2025
Canada #2,196 10 in 2024
England & Wales #2,224 18 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Rori

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Rori also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Rori over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Rori

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Rori — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Rori

How popular is the name Rori?

In 2025, Rori was given to 172 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Rori a girl's or a boy's name?

Rori is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Rori most popular?

Rori peaked in 2022, when 198 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Rori a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Rori currently ranks #1,298 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.