Lory

Boy · recorded 1915–1966

  • 1966last recorded
  • 1920best year

Most popular in 1920.

Last recorded in 1966. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lory.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1915

04819151928194119531966

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 35 recorded years as a table
Lory, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19156
19178
19208
19226
19235
19257
19265
19274
19287
19297
19335
19345
19357
19367
19375
19395
19416
19424
19434
19466
19473
19485
19495
19507
19517
19534
19543
19552
19566
19576
19586
19594
19604
19636
19663

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lory isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1966
5
Rank in 1966
#3,948
How rare
1 in 356,692 boys
Since 1915
267

Lory was last recorded in 1966. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1920, at 8 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lory doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.