girl's name
Tori
TOR-ee
- Origin English
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 4
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 42,751
Northern Ireland
#524
2016 births
Tori means victory through Victoria, and a separate Japanese tori means bird — the two are unrelated, and the shrine gates called torii are a third word again. Victoria was rare in English before the queen, so almost all use is post-1837.
- Tori is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 1994, when 2,260 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 19,054 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1945.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Tori 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.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 25 |
| 1950s | 325 |
| 1960s | 1,587 |
| 1970s | 3,621 |
| 1980s | 3,692 |
| 1990s | 14,850 |
| 2000s | 8,853 |
| 2010s | 3,974 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,421 |
What Tori means
Tori means victory, carried from Victoria. A Japanese word for bird is identical in spelling and unrelated, so the name has two independent sources, and the shrine gates called torii are a third word again.
Where Tori comes from
Tori shortens Victoria, the Latin for victory, from vincere, to conquer — the root of convince, evict and invincible. The Japanese tori, a bird, is a separate word entirely, and the torii gates at Shinto shrines are a third: written with different characters and generally read as bird-perch. Victoria was rare in English before the queen, so almost all English-language use of Tori is post-1837 at the earliest.
Tori in use
Tori peaked in the United States in 1994, when 2,260 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 827th in Ireland on 4 births, 1336th in the United States on 174, 1776th in England and Wales on 17 and 6746th in France on 5, across 42,751 lifetime births in five of the seven markets we track. Ireland ran its own peak of 48 births in 2007.
How popular is Tori?
In 2025, Tori was given to 174 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Tori is used
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 Tori
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Tori also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tori over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Tori in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Tori
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tori — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Tori
What does the name Tori mean?
Victory — the Latin victoria, through Victoria.
Does it mean bird in Japanese?
A Japanese tori does, but it is an unrelated word.
What is a torii gate?
A shrine gate, written with different characters and generally read as bird-perch.
How popular is Tori?
1336th in the United States, down from a 1994 peak of 2,260 births.
Is Tori a girl's or a boy's name?
Tori is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Tori?
Tori has 2 syllables.
Is Tori a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Tori currently ranks #827 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.