Rorie
Feminine · “red king”
Rorie is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 1,096 girls against 13 boys since 1880.
Rorie is Rory respelled, and the Irish Ruaidhrí means red king — ruadh and ri.
How old is the name Rorie?
Rorie first appears in US birth records in 1949 — 76 years ago. The typical Rorie is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,100 people named Rorie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rorie most popular?
Rorie peaked in 2025, reaching #2438 nationally. Today it ranks #2438, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ruadh ri to Rorie
The story of Rorie
Ruaidhrí Ó Conchobhair was the last High King of Ireland, reigning when the Normans arrived in 1169, and his submission to Henry II ended the office. His name means red king. Rorie is a modern feminine spelling and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
red king
Through Rory, from the Irish Ruaidhrí — ruadh, 'red', and ri, 'king'. Ruaidhrí Ó Conchobhair was the last High King of Ireland. The elements are ordinary Irish and the reading undisputed. The -ie spelling is a modern feminine variant.
How the name formed
- ruadh ri
- Ruaidhrí
- Rory
- Rorie
Related forms: Ruaidhrí · Rory · Ruairidh
Pronouncing Rorie
ROR-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Irish Ruaidhrí is ROO-ree.
Nicknames for Rorie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1949
- Most girls named
- 202573 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2438reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +28.1%73 in 2025, from 57
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Rorie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ruaidhrí in Irish — related form
- Rory in English — spelling variant
- Ruairidh in Scottish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Missouri.
Rories among us
people named Rorie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 22,017 born in 2025 was named Rorie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Arian test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Rorie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Arian climbed just as high around 1999, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Arian's path sketches the road Rorie is walking now.
Rorie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Rorie is headed
Rorie should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Rorie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Rorie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the last High King of Ireland carried it is a first-rate fact.
- The red-king meaning is vivid and undisputed.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Rory is the standard spelling and reads as masculine.
- The Irish original is said quite differently.
- At least three spellings are in circulation.
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Feminine · #2438 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Rories are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Rorie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rorie in 2025?
- Rorie ranks #2438 among US girl names in 2025, with 73 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Rorie?
- About 1 in every 22,017 US girls born in 2025 was named Rorie — 73 in all.
- Will my child share the name Rorie with classmates?
- Rorie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Rorie
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