Story is an English word name that goes back through Old French estoire to the Latin historia and simply means "tale" or "narrative". Parents who choose it usually like the idea that a child's life is a story still waiting to be written. In the United States Story has climbed from number 2643 in 2015 to a best rank of 1589 in 2024 and stands at number 1831 in 2025, with 110 girls given the name.