Story

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 82 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
82
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2440
11 babies

Story by the numbers

In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Story. In the US, 82 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 102 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Story

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 Story. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Stormtempest or violent wind163 in the US (2017)
  • Stormytempestuous; prone to storms126 in the US (2017)
  • Stori38 in the US (2017)
  • Storey3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Saory5 in the US (2017)
  • Stacyresurrection; from Eustachius199 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Story

Names that are said the same way as Story, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Storie40 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Story

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