Neutral
Rory
As a gender-neutral name, Rory is understood to mean "red king". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2010s. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Across the twelve decades this registry covers, it appears in 9 of them.
IrishIrish "Ruaidhrí"
EtymologyMeaning "red king"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
10
1940s
591
1950s
3,841
1960s
3,918
1970s
3,011
1980s
5,079
1990s
3,082
2000s
4,821
2010s
7,977
Peaked in the 2010s · 32,330 total U.S. births since 1900