Yori comes from the Japanese tradition, meaning Dependable and trustworthy..
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How popular is Yori?
2021peak year
Today, Yori is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #13404), with only about 8 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2021, 12 babies were given the name (ranked #8953 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2020s. Yori has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 92 babies have been registered as Yori since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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