Story Girl
How popular is Story?
#1,818 girl name in 2025
110 baby girls were named Story in the US in 2025, making it the 1818th most popular girl name. Another 10 boys got the name (#7,675 for boys).
Story popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,818 for girls (▼ 239 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 110 girls, 10 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,619 in 2015, #1,948 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (133 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,579 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 9% boys, 91% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Story counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Stori family of names ranked #764 for girls in 2025 (#733 the year before), with 334 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Stori | 136 | 41% |
| Story | 110 | 33% |
| Storie | 61 | 18% |
| Storey | 16 | 5% |
| Storri | 6 | 2% |
| Storee | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Story is most popular
Babies named Story per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kentucky: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Arkansas: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (68 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
Story by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23 | #6,898 |
| 1980s | 27 | #7,467 |
| 1990s | 88 | #5,766 |
| 2000s | 291 | #2,484 |
| 2010s | 835 | #1,789 |
| 2020s | 625 | #1,579 |
Girl names about as popular as Story
Questions
- Is Story a boy or girl name?
- Story is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 91% of babies named Story were girls.
- How popular is the name Story?
- 110 baby girls were named Story in the US in 2025, making it the 1818th most popular girl name. Another 10 boys got the name (#7,675 for boys).
- When was Story most popular?
- Story peaked in 2024, when 133 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,579 in 2024.
- How many people are named Story?
- 2,048 babies have been named Story in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,035 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Story most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Story was most common in Kentucky, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.