Nora Girl
How popular is Nora?
#20 girl name in 2025
6,380 baby girls were named Nora in the US in 2025, making it the 20th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Nora popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #20 for girls (▲ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 6,380 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #41 in 2015, #30 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (6,380 girls) |
| Highest rank | #20 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nora counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nora family of names ranked #21 for girls in 2025 (#20 the year before), with 7,571 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nora | 6,380 | 84% |
| Norah | 1,191 | 16% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nora is most popular
Babies named Nora per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 18.6 per 1,000 (90 girls)
- New Hampshire: 12.9 per 1,000 (239 girls)
- North Dakota: 12.2 per 1,000 (160 girls)
- Montana: 11.7 per 1,000 (158 girls)
- Rhode Island: 11.7 per 1,000 (146 girls)
Nora by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6,521 | #55 |
| 1890s | 8,293 | #63 |
| 1900s | 7,172 | #81 |
| 1910s | 11,063 | #111 |
| 1920s | 12,298 | #157 |
| 1930s | 8,926 | #189 |
| 1940s | 9,405 | #209 |
| 1950s | 11,540 | #223 |
| 1960s | 9,521 | #237 |
| 1970s | 5,770 | #364 |
| 1980s | 5,532 | #391 |
| 1990s | 5,532 | #431 |
| 2000s | 10,922 | #198 |
| 2010s | 44,076 | #29 |
| 2020s | 36,567 | #20 |
Girl names about as popular as Nora
Questions
- Is Nora a boy or girl name?
- Nora is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nora were girls.
- How popular is the name Nora?
- 6,380 baby girls were named Nora in the US in 2025, making it the 20th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Nora most popular?
- Nora peaked in 2025, when 6,380 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #20 in 2025.
- How many people are named Nora?
- 193,922 babies have been named Nora in the US since 1880. We estimate about 134,305 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Nora most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nora was most common in Vermont, at 18.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.