Nora
Rank in 2025
#20
recorded as girls
#10695
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
6,386
girls 6,380 · boys 6
Peak year
1881
498 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
193,922
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Nora was most popular in 1881, when 498 babies recorded as girls got the name (5.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 6,380 babies were named Nora, ranking #20 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,380 | 20 | 6 | 10695 |
| 2024 | 6,148 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 6,027 | 24 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 6,148 | 28 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 6,281 | 27 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 5,583 | 30 | 6 | 10605 |
| 2019 | 5,936 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 5,837 | 30 | 7 | 9670 |
| 2017 | 6,067 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 5,593 | 36 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 5,330 | 41 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 4,741 | 49 | 5 | 12108 |
| 2013 | 3,508 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 2,890 | 108 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 2,235 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,939 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,670 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,560 | 216 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,474 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,385 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,197 | 276 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,043 | 306 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 830 | 367 | 5 | 10894 |
| 2002 | 601 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 622 | 448 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 540 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 584 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 540 | 476 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 563 | 451 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 557 | 449 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 545 | 463 | 5 | 8868 |
| 1994 | 530 | 474 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 526 | 478 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 524 | 470 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 575 | 444 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 588 | 431 | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | 596 | 415 | 10 | 4811 |
| 1988 | 606 | 397 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 538 | 414 | 8 | 4968 |
| 1986 | 485 | 445 | 5 | 6721 |
| 1985 | 541 | 412 | 6 | 5785 |
| 1984 | 559 | 391 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 521 | 414 | 8 | 4499 |
| 1982 | 564 | 406 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 551 | 405 | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | 571 | 400 | 9 | 4134 |
| 1979 | 536 | 404 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 584 | 366 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 517 | 402 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 517 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 552 | 377 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 587 | 366 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 573 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 604 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 624 | 375 | 5 | 4907 |
| 1970 | 676 | 365 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 709 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 696 | 329 | 7 | 3365 |
| 1967 | 727 | 325 | 5 | 3966 |
| 1966 | 850 | 299 | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | 881 | 302 | 8 | 2982 |
| 1964 | 1,050 | 279 | 9 | 2854 |
| 1963 | 1,067 | 278 | 7 | 3318 |
| 1962 | 1,076 | 274 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 1,120 | 272 | 9 | 2900 |
| 1960 | 1,345 | 237 | 11 | 2535 |
| 1959 | 1,276 | 241 | 9 | 2821 |
| 1958 | 1,178 | 253 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | 1,162 | 250 | 6 | 3552 |
| 1956 | 1,170 | 244 | 8 | 2969 |
| 1955 | 1,047 | 255 | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | 1,161 | 237 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 1,148 | 238 | 10 | 2531 |
| 1952 | 1,122 | 234 | 8 | 2875 |
| 1951 | 1,160 | 223 | 10 | 2495 |
| 1950 | 1,116 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 1,198 | 218 | 8 | 2802 |
| 1948 | 1,086 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 1,096 | 225 | 12 | 2251 |
| 1946 | 970 | 229 | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | 833 | 228 | 12 | 2009 |
| 1944 | 841 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 856 | 230 | 8 | 2732 |
| 1942 | 837 | 228 | 12 | 2145 |
| 1941 | 845 | 209 | 11 | 2207 |
| 1940 | 843 | 209 | 7 | 2871 |
| 1939 | 859 | 204 | 5 | 3480 |
| 1938 | 857 | 203 | 12 | 2084 |
| 1937 | 842 | 202 | 14 | 1913 |
| 1936 | 791 | 210 | 10 | 2301 |
| 1935 | 910 | 192 | 12 | 2127 |
| 1934 | 888 | 200 | 13 | 2022 |
| 1933 | 891 | 193 | 12 | 2093 |
| 1932 | 969 | 189 | 14 | 1995 |
| 1931 | 904 | 202 | 12 | 2207 |
| 1930 | 1,015 | 190 | 11 | 2444 |
| 1929 | 1,016 | 193 | 15 | 2002 |
| 1928 | 1,082 | 190 | 9 | 2843 |
| 1927 | 1,078 | 189 | 14 | 2193 |
| 1926 | 1,203 | 176 | 11 | 2566 |
| 1925 | 1,317 | 171 | 9 | 2936 |
| 1924 | 1,335 | 172 | 12 | 2473 |
| 1923 | 1,221 | 180 | 10 | 2772 |
| 1922 | 1,219 | 180 | 16 | 2040 |
| 1921 | 1,350 | 167 | 8 | 3214 |
| 1920 | 1,477 | 157 | 17 | 1966 |
| 1919 | 1,372 | 161 | 12 | 2385 |
| 1918 | 1,382 | 161 | 8 | 3096 |
| 1917 | 1,360 | 154 | 16 | 1900 |
| 1916 | 1,314 | 154 | 12 | 2259 |
| 1915 | 1,293 | 144 | 10 | 2458 |
| 1914 | 1,038 | 143 | 12 | 1868 |
| 1913 | 890 | 135 | 8 | 2092 |
| 1912 | 882 | 129 | 13 | 1353 |
| 1911 | 779 | 116 | 9 | 1190 |
| 1910 | 753 | 111 | 10 | 1045 |
| 1909 | 670 | 107 | 8 | 1083 |
| 1908 | 648 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 676 | 104 | 7 | 1094 |
| 1906 | 644 | 101 | 10 | 798 |
| 1905 | 742 | 92 | 11 | 741 |
| 1904 | 698 | 93 | 5 | 1205 |
| 1903 | 724 | 87 | 6 | 1009 |
| 1902 | 724 | 86 | 8 | 862 |
| 1901 | 727 | 81 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 919 | 83 | 9 | 902 |
| 1899 | 709 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 868 | 74 | 5 | 1121 |
| 1897 | 812 | 71 | 7 | 852 |
| 1896 | 844 | 71 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 846 | 70 | 6 | 978 |
| 1894 | 854 | 68 | 7 | 857 |
| 1893 | 825 | 67 | 6 | 907 |
| 1892 | 899 | 63 | 7 | 861 |
| 1891 | 801 | 63 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 835 | 63 | 5 | 994 |
| 1889 | 831 | 60 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 832 | 61 | 7 | 815 |
| 1887 | 735 | 56 | 8 | 679 |
| 1886 | 708 | 56 | 8 | 694 |
| 1885 | 670 | 56 | 8 | 700 |
| 1884 | 648 | 56 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 589 | 55 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 539 | 58 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 498 | 55 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 471 | 55 | 5 | 909 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years