Tori
- Pronunciation
- [To-ri]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Derived From Victoria Triumphant.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Tori
Tori is an English short form of Victoria, the Latin word for "victory" and the name of the Roman goddess of triumph who personified military conquest and athletic success. As a standalone given name, Tori distills the grandeur of Victoria into a breezy, two-syllable form that feels both casual and quietly powerful — retaining the triumph association while shedding the formal weight of the full name. It gained independent standing in English-speaking countries during the twentieth century, moving well beyond its role as a mere nickname to become a name chosen confidently in its own right.
A notable bearer is Tori Amos (born 1963), an American singer, songwriter, and pianist whose three-decade career has produced one of the most iconic American singer-songwriter bodies of work of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries — a body of work particularly celebrated for its originality and emotional depth.
Tori appears in the US Social Security top-1000 from 2000, peaking that same year at #262. It held a consistent mid-list presence for two decades: #904 in 2019, #846 in 2020, and #998 in 2021, the last year it appeared in the top-1000. Over its tracked run, approximately 13,157 babies received the name in top-1000 years — a respectable total for a short form that competes with its longer parent. Recorded variants include Torie and Tory.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Tori
US Popularity History (2000–2021)
Annual US births named Tori by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 1,247 girls named Tori (girl rank #262 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2021, ranked #998 for girls (257 US births). That's 736 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Tori Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Tori the strongest states are District of Columbia, Maryland, Connecticut.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | #169 | 41 |
| 2 | Maryland | #375 | 153 |
| 3 | Connecticut | #617 | 15 |
| 4 | Louisiana | #618 | 69 |
| 5 | Mississippi | #619 | 21 |
| 6 | New Jersey | #660 | 48 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | #676 | 131 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | #692 | 30 |
| 9 | Georgia | #707 | 114 |
| 10 | Missouri | #720 | 33 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Tori in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
Famous People Named Tori
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Tori.
- Tori Amos — Rock Singer (1963)
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Compare Tori to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Tori against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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