Cora

#113 for girls in 2025, 2,428 births · Last seen for boys in 2015 at #10,644
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 1,045 births
Debut · girls
1,045 births
In top 100 · girls
42 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
156,028
since 1880

Cora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #15, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1132,428—
2024#1032,580—
2023#932,751—
2022#753,076—
2021#873,008—
2020#883,036—
2019#713,602—
2018#733,596—
2017#833,446—
2016#873,374—
2015#883,403#10,6446
2014#1032,967#12,1085
2013#1272,586—
2012#1552,081—
2011#2031,555—
2010#2751,206—
2009#3031,100—
2008#3221,041—
2007#352918—
2006#384844—
2005#452673—
2004#437698—
2003#433695—
2002#467608—
2001#458604—
2000#481564—
1999#491529—
1998#536468—
1997#669325—
1996#673327—
1995#679313—
1994#653329—
1993#718297—
1992#804250—
1991#803255—
1990#855230—
1989#781247—
1988#876201—
1987#873195—
1986#743237—
1985#768221—
1984#730224—
1983#730225—
1982#724239—
1981#747221—
1980#770214—
1979#813194—
1978#702225—
1977#698223—
1976#700211—
1975#774182—
1974#709206—
1973#726195—
1972#712201—
1971#686222#4,9075
1970#678234—
1969#701201#3,0629
1968#629235—
1967#620235—
1966#534312—
1965#493373—
1964#525351—
1963#480403—
1962#478410—
1961#476419—
1960#460454—
1959#454454—
1958#458435—
1957#407516—
1956#374554—
1955#365576—
1954#346614—
1953#323647—
1952#312667—
1951#300672—
1950#289734—
1949#264848#3,2986
1948#266837—
1947#259848—
1946#251800—
1945#244752#3,3385
1944#231816—
1943#225874—
1942#2021,002#2,7128
1941#1861,007#3,5055
1940#191965#2,32210
1939#1831,040—
1938#1781,131#2,18511
1937#1761,141—
1936#1811,008#2,18411
1935#1751,071#2,24611
1934#1681,112#3,6795
1933#1571,157#1,99713
1932#1691,136#3,3616
1931#1601,185#2,47110
1930#1611,272#3,0228
1929#1531,389#2,9808
1928#1551,393#2,16214
1927#1581,493#3,4517
1926#1581,477—
1925#1501,679#3,7416
1924#1551,630#3,2608
1923#1491,691#3,4677
1922#1401,762#3,8726
1921#1401,828#4,3225
1920#1371,819—
1919#1221,940#3,3917
1918#1241,916#2,69910
1917#1261,737#1,81517
1916#1141,899#2,38911
1915#1191,683#2,8298
1914#1051,500#3,2645
1913#1031,288—
1912#981,253#2,5445
1911#911,022—
1910#851,079#1,5895
1909#85969—
1908#83962#1,1137
1907#80969#9998
1906#77952#1,0047
1905#721,044—
1904#70993—
1903#70986#7839
1902#621,081—
1901#581,027—
1900#551,389#9688
1899#581,056—
1898#511,304—
1897#491,246—
1896#521,204—
1895#491,295#7389
1894#461,319#8577
1893#441,308—
1892#391,419#1,0665
1891#351,343#8416
1890#361,386#6679
1889#321,365#7897
1888#311,433#7049
1887#271,257—
1886#281,231#8456
1885#231,253#9365
1884#231,244#6639
1883#241,081—
1882#211,076—
1881#18969#7067
1880#151,045#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Cora was already there! It came in at #15, and was given to 1,045 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1967–1992, when fewer than 260 girls a year got the name.

Where Cora is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cora, so not publishedAKMaine: #182 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 986 girlsMEVermont: #108 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 463 girlsVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cora, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Cora, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cora, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cora, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cora, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #229 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,833 girlsMNIllinois: #255 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,187 girlsILWisconsin: #302 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,577 girlsWIMichigan: #220 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,830 girlsMINew York: #259 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,505 girlsNYMassachusetts: #263 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,448 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cora, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cora, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Cora, so not publishedNVWyoming: #85 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 267 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #129 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 572 girlsSDIowa: #245 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,153 girlsIAIndiana: #170 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,129 girlsINOhio: #172 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,264 girlsOHPennsylvania: #183 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,400 girlsPANew Jersey: #231 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,193 girlsNJConnecticut: #204 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,853 girlsCTCalifornia: #339 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,990 girlsCAUtah: #147 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 628 girlsUTColorado: #122 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 475 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cora, so not publishedNEMissouri: #171 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 936 girlsMOKentucky: #123 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 520 girlsKYWest Virginia: #129 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 531 girlsWVVirginia: #80 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 328 girlsVAMaryland: #165 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,038 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cora, so not publishedDEArizona: #145 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 495 girlsAZNew Mexico: #103 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 373 girlsNMKansas: #158 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 802 girlsKSArkansas: #112 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 458 girlsARTennessee: #115 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 534 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #110 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 420 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #106 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 437 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #100 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 456 girlsDCOklahoma: #126 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 533 girlsOKLouisiana: #130 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 465 girlsLAMississippi: #85 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 312 girlsMSAlabama: #75 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 295 girlsALGeorgia: #98 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 374 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cora, so not publishedHITexas: #194 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 908 girlsTXFlorida: #111 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 431 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#75 · 1 in 295
  2. Virginia#80 · 1 in 328
  3. Wyoming#85 · 1 in 267
  4. Mississippi#85 · 1 in 312
  5. Georgia#98 · 1 in 374

Best ever in a state: #7 in Wyoming, 2018.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#75931 in 295
Virginia#80691 in 328
Mississippi#85651 in 312
Wyoming#8551 in 267
Georgia#98771 in 374
District of Columbia#10081 in 456
New Mexico#103121 in 373
South Carolina#106461 in 437
Vermont#10851 in 463
North Carolina#110821 in 420
Florida#111261 in 431
Arkansas#112401 in 458
Tennessee#115481 in 534
Colorado#122161 in 475
Kentucky#123501 in 520
Oklahoma#126411 in 533
South Dakota#12991 in 572
West Virginia#129311 in 531
Louisiana#130411 in 465
Arizona#14571 in 495
Utah#14771 in 628
Kansas#158161 in 802
Maryland#165111 in 1,038
Indiana#170191 in 1,129
Missouri#171281 in 936
Ohio#172341 in 1,264
Maine#18261 in 986
Pennsylvania#183491 in 1,400
Texas#194601 in 908
Connecticut#20451 in 1,853
Michigan#220191 in 1,830
Minnesota#229101 in 1,833
New Jersey#231111 in 2,193
Iowa#24581 in 2,153
Illinois#255221 in 2,187
New York#259331 in 2,505
Massachusetts#26381 in 3,448
Wisconsin#30261 in 3,577
California#339111 in 2,990
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Cora
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#103 → #113)
  • 25 spots since 2020 (#88 → #113)
  • 25 spots since 2015 (#88 → #113)
  • Biggest jump: 133 spots in 1998 (#669 → #536)
  • Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1987 (#743 → #873)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #15 (1,045 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 77 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1880–1912
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 87
  • Highest: 1 in 87 girls born in 1880 were named Cora (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 662 girls born in 2025 (0.15%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 17.8% of all girls named Cora (27,816) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #15 (1880) → #876 (1988) → #71 (2019)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11,954#15 (1880)#24
1890s12,880#35 (1891)#46
1900s10,372#55 (1900)#71
1910s15,317#85 (1910)#109
1920s16,161#137 (1920)#150
1930s11,253#157 (1933)#171
1940s8,749#186 (1941)#232
1950s5,869#289 (1950)#363
1960s3,393#460 (1960)#540
1970s2,093#678 (1970)#720
1980s2,224#724 (1982)#774
1990s3,323#491 (1999)#688
2000s7,745#303 (2009)#409
2010s27,816#71 (2019)#127
2020s16,879#75 (2022)#93

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cora in 1933

girls
#157
1,157 births · 1 in 871 girls
boys
#1,997
13 births · 1 in 76,271 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #157Cora1,157

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #1,997Cora13
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 871 of them was named Cora, which outranked 96.8% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cora
  1. #154Eunice1,189
  2. #155Rosie1,180
  3. #156Charlene1,174
  4. #157Cora1,157
  5. #158Alberta1,156
  6. #159Yvonne1,152
  7. #160Pat1,146
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 76,271 of them was named Cora, which outranked 51.9% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cora
  1. #1,905Ygnacio14
  2. #1,905Zachary14
  3. #1,905Zeno14
  4. #1,997Cora13
  5. #1,997Alcide13
  6. #1,997Alexis13
  7. #1,997Arsenio13
  8. #2,093Adrain12
  9. #2,093Alger12
  10. #2,093Alston12

Tied with 95 names at #1,997; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Neville#1,548 → #995
  2. ↑ 401Cordell#1,286 → #885
  3. ↑ 381Hamilton#1,286 → #905
  4. ↑ 375Delano#677 → #302
  5. ↑ 313Jan#937 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Hoover#793 → #1,361
  2. ↓ 541Porfirio#915 → #1,456
  3. ↓ 424Rosendo#937 → #1,361
  4. ↓ 381Alfonzo#821 → #1,202
  5. ↓ 368Hillard#862 → #1,230

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1933 →