Norah
Rank in 2025
#262
recorded as girls
Down 39 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,191
girls 1,191
Peak year
2017
2,156 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
33,998
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
Norah was most popular in 2017, when 2,156 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,191 babies were named Norah, ranking #262 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 27%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,191 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,384 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,488 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,539 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,791 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,810 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,975 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 2,013 | 140 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 2,156 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 2,026 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 2,032 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 2,007 | 163 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,725 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,502 | 210 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 1,217 | 263 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,091 | 298 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 959 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 666 | 476 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 689 | 468 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 591 | 515 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 558 | 523 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 476 | 590 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 303 | 815 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 96 | 1853 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 64 | 2438 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 57 | 2593 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 44 | 2991 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 42 | 3015 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 24 | 4370 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 36 | 3237 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 29 | 3670 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 31 | 3536 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 35 | 3221 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 39 | 2974 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 39 | 2935 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 38 | 2957 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 42 | 2658 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 38 | 2744 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 27 | 3331 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 30 | 3054 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 28 | 3170 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 37 | 2515 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 31 | 2783 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 27 | 3172 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 35 | 2614 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 32 | 2800 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 33 | 2671 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 23 | 3283 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 20 | 3612 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 30 | 2602 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 29 | 2612 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 23 | 3008 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 24 | 2830 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 22 | 2976 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 18 | 3508 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 16 | 3712 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 14 | 3774 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 17 | 3169 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 21 | 2706 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 19 | 2839 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 19 | 2833 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 21 | 2752 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 25 | 2424 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 24 | 2463 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 28 | 2250 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 25 | 2369 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 16 | 2980 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 35 | 1856 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 21 | 2486 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 13 | 3321 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 24 | 2222 | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | 19 | 2519 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 32 | 1758 | 5 | 3798 |
| 1952 | 16 | 2671 | 6 | 3373 |
| 1951 | 36 | 1583 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 22 | 2053 | 5 | 3681 |
| 1949 | 29 | 1767 | 5 | 3690 |
| 1948 | 22 | 2070 | 7 | 3010 |
| 1947 | 24 | 1993 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 21 | 2024 | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | 26 | 1621 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 15 | 2287 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 19 | 1994 | 5 | 3538 |
| 1942 | 23 | 1760 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 11 | 2668 | 5 | 3505 |
| 1940 | 16 | 2029 | 5 | 3459 |
| 1939 | 12 | 2417 | 5 | 3480 |
| 1938 | 15 | 2113 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 11 | 2570 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 7 | 3376 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 12 | 2439 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 15 | 2087 | 6 | 3277 |
| 1933 | 14 | 2161 | 10 | 2368 |
| 1932 | 13 | 2365 | 8 | 2849 |
| 1931 | 17 | 1941 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 13 | 2425 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 18 | 1953 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 20 | 1897 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 23 | 1771 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 11 | 2872 | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | 23 | 1795 | 8 | 3155 |
| 1924 | 27 | 1643 | 6 | 3867 |
| 1923 | 18 | 2091 | 9 | 2950 |
| 1922 | 20 | 1957 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 14 | 2509 | 5 | 4322 |
| 1920 | 23 | 1751 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 24 | 1649 | 7 | 3391 |
| 1918 | 22 | 1754 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 25 | 1507 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 14 | 2246 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 22 | 1571 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 21 | 1385 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 18 | 1358 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 10 | 1844 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | 1656 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 12 | 1335 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 9 | 1471 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 11 | 1261 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 9 | 1384 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 12 | 1101 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 10 | 1238 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 7 | 1486 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 11 | 1076 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 16 | 872 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 11 | 1007 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 18 | 885 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 10 | 1034 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 11 | 1047 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 22 | 660 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 18 | 754 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 18 | 746 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 13 | 850 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 16 | 739 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 11 | 908 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 16 | 669 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 11 | 825 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 7 | 1025 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 15 | 663 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 9 | 788 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 12 | 657 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 15 | 557 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 12 | 614 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 20 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 13 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 13 | 470 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 9 | 580 | <5 | — |
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Where Norah is most popular
- Rhode Island2.5×
- New Hampshire2.3×
- North Dakota2.3×
- Maine2.2×
- South Dakota2.0×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years