Storey

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Storey by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Storey. In the US, 15 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Storey

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Storey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Stormytempestuous; prone to storms126 in the US (2017)
  • Stoneystone meadow; a form of Stoneley19 in the US (2017)
  • Story82 in the US (2017)
  • Storee5 in the US (2017)
  • Stormtempest or violent wind163 in the US (2017)
  • Staceyfruitful or productive; a form of Stacy109 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Storey

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