Fun Facts About the Name Stori
- More than 1 thousand babies named Stori: U.S. records list 1,535 babies given the name Stori from 1880 through 2025. Even 15 boys received the name Stori - about 1 boy for every 101 girls.
What Does the Name Stori Mean?
Stori is an English given name meaning "tale" or "narrative." It is chiefly a variant spelling of the word name Story, taken from the English noun story, which means an account of events, real or imagined. That noun came into Middle English from Anglo-Norman French estorie, which descends from Latin historia, "narrative, account, history," and ultimately from Greek historia, "inquiry, knowledge gained by investigation." The related sense of a building's floor, spelled storey in British English, comes from the same Latin source but developed separately in medieval building vocabulary. The name's meaning is the literal one: it is simply the common noun used as a personal name, not a symbolic or customary interpretation layered on top of it.
Stori Name History & Origins
Stori belongs to the large group of English given names taken directly from ordinary vocabulary words, a pattern that also produced names such as Grace, Hope, and Joy. Story is found as a personal name in English-speaking countries, particularly the United States, and Stori is one of its respelled variants; the two are pronounced alike, and the final i follows the pattern of other simplified spellings of word names.
A separate name written with the same letters exists in Scandinavian tradition: the Old Norse byname Stóri, from stórr, "big" or "great." It is a distinct name with a different origin, and the identical modern spelling is coincidental rather than a sign of shared descent.
How Popular is the Name Stori?
Stori has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #1,372 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,558 | 136 | 0.0085% |
| 2024 | #1,372 | 165 | 0.0102% |
| 2023 | #1,705 | 121 | 0.0076% |
| 2022 | #1,545 | 139 | 0.0085% |
| 2021 | #1,552 | 136 | 0.0083% |
| 2020 | #1,956 | 98 | 0.0061% |
| 2019 | #2,190 | 85 | 0.0051% |
| 2018 | #2,417 | 75 | 0.0044% |
| 2017 | #3,988 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2016 | #5,429 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2015 | #4,971 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2014 | #5,613 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2013 | #3,996 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2012 | #5,235 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #4,670 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2010 | #5,091 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2009 | #4,096 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2008 | #5,730 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2007 | #3,524 | 47 | 0.0024% |
| 2006 | #8,190 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #10,036 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #18,461 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #10,343 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #15,167 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #9,282 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #9,794 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #8,170 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #8,503 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #8,267 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #11,643 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #9,504 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #11,653 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #10,356 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #12,761 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #14,274 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #11,129 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #11,827 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #8,068 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #8,894 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #6,813 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1976 | #8,011 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #5,927 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1974 | #8,596 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #9,442 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #5,934 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,638 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #13,913 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #13,816 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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