Tori
Pronounced T AO1 R IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1994
- 80 years in use
- 4 spellings
How popular is Tori?
Tori is a girls' name, and first appears in 1945. It has been given to 43,790 children — the 589th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 48% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1994, when 2,487 children were given it.
Four other spellings are counted in that total — Tory, Torey, Torrey and one more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Tori and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Tory
- Torey
- Torrey
- Torry
Nicknames
Tori is itself a short form of Victoria.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- T AO1 R IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Tori
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Tori
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Tori?
- Tori ranks 589th among girls' names in US records, with 43,790 births since 1945. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,232.
- Is Tori a unisex name?
- No. Tori is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Tori most popular?
- 1994, when 2,487 children were given the name. It has been in use for 80 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Tori spelled?
- Tory, Torey, Torrey, Torry. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.