Girls' name · peaked in 1994
Tori name popularity since 1925
38,348 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tori (96.8% girls, 3.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1996 or earlier, so the typical Tori is about 30 years old in 2026. Tori peaked in 1994 as the #142 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 38,348
- Named Tori, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,337 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 96.8% girls
- 37,134 girls · 1,214 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 1.96× its national share
Peak year is the year Tori made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Tori births per year, 1925–2025
1994 was the biggest year for Tori both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1977 and 1982, Tori's share of baby girls fell by 70%, from 1 in 2,360 to 1 in 7,910.
- Fastest rise: Between 1989 and 1994, it became 5.1× more common, from 1 in 4,120 baby girls to 1 in 804.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Tori's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tori.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tori in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 25 | 0 | #5,180 |
| 1950s | 325 | 0 | #2,276 |
| 1960s | 1,538 | 49 | #882 |
| 1970s | 3,327 | 294 | #545 |
| 1980s | 3,441 | 251 | #639 |
| 1990s | 14,535 | 315 | #161 |
| 2000s | 8,705 | 148 | #393 |
| 2010s | 3,874 | 100 | #821 |
| 2020–25 | 1,364 | 57 | #1,337 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
37.6% of babies named Tori from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Tori is most popular
The index compares Tori's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Tori.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1.96× | 577 |
| Louisiana | 1.92× | 1,191 |
| Oklahoma | 1.56× | 702 |
| Maryland | 1.53× | 804 |
| Georgia | 1.30× | 1,242 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Tori and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Tori (this page) | 37,134 | 1994 |
| Torri | 3,087 | 1994 |
| Torrie | 2,878 | 1976 |
| Torie | 2,818 | 1976 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tori's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tori.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tori (1994).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data