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Baby name
Jory
Girl Boy
18% girls / 82% boys
Origin of the name
Jory is a Cornish form of George, from the Latin Georgius.
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Classic name
3,223births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 913rank at its peak, in 1989
Where babies named Jory are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Jory is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Jory is most common in Texas (2.8 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Names from the same era
Classic name
720births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 3918rank at its peak, in 2017
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0% | 100% |
| 1950s | 20% | 80% |
| 1960s | 19% | 81% |
| 1970s | 12% | 88% |
| 1980s | 9% | 91% |
| 1990s | 14% | 86% |
| 2000s | 17% | 83% |
| 2010s | 39% | 61% |
| 2020s | 43% | 57% |