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
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 1,045 births
- Debut · girls
- 1,045 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 42 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 156,028since 1880
Cora over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #113 | 2,428 | — | |
| 2024 | #103 | 2,580 | — | |
| 2023 | #93 | 2,751 | — | |
| 2022 | #75 | 3,076 | — | |
| 2021 | #87 | 3,008 | — | |
| 2020 | #88 | 3,036 | — | |
| 2019 | #71 | 3,602 | — | |
| 2018 | #73 | 3,596 | — | |
| 2017 | #83 | 3,446 | — | |
| 2016 | #87 | 3,374 | — | |
| 2015 | #88 | 3,403 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #103 | 2,967 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #127 | 2,586 | — | |
| 2012 | #155 | 2,081 | — | |
| 2011 | #203 | 1,555 | — | |
| 2010 | #275 | 1,206 | — | |
| 2009 | #303 | 1,100 | — | |
| 2008 | #322 | 1,041 | — | |
| 2007 | #352 | 918 | — | |
| 2006 | #384 | 844 | — | |
| 2005 | #452 | 673 | — | |
| 2004 | #437 | 698 | — | |
| 2003 | #433 | 695 | — | |
| 2002 | #467 | 608 | — | |
| 2001 | #458 | 604 | — | |
| 2000 | #481 | 564 | — | |
| 1999 | #491 | 529 | — | |
| 1998 | #536 | 468 | — | |
| 1997 | #669 | 325 | — | |
| 1996 | #673 | 327 | — | |
| 1995 | #679 | 313 | — | |
| 1994 | #653 | 329 | — | |
| 1993 | #718 | 297 | — | |
| 1992 | #804 | 250 | — | |
| 1991 | #803 | 255 | — | |
| 1990 | #855 | 230 | — | |
| 1989 | #781 | 247 | — | |
| 1988 | #876 | 201 | — | |
| 1987 | #873 | 195 | — | |
| 1986 | #743 | 237 | — | |
| 1985 | #768 | 221 | — | |
| 1984 | #730 | 224 | — | |
| 1983 | #730 | 225 | — | |
| 1982 | #724 | 239 | — | |
| 1981 | #747 | 221 | — | |
| 1980 | #770 | 214 | — | |
| 1979 | #813 | 194 | — | |
| 1978 | #702 | 225 | — | |
| 1977 | #698 | 223 | — | |
| 1976 | #700 | 211 | — | |
| 1975 | #774 | 182 | — | |
| 1974 | #709 | 206 | — | |
| 1973 | #726 | 195 | — | |
| 1972 | #712 | 201 | — | |
| 1971 | #686 | 222 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #678 | 234 | — | |
| 1969 | #701 | 201 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #629 | 235 | — | |
| 1967 | #620 | 235 | — | |
| 1966 | #534 | 312 | — | |
| 1965 | #493 | 373 | — | |
| 1964 | #525 | 351 | — | |
| 1963 | #480 | 403 | — | |
| 1962 | #478 | 410 | — | |
| 1961 | #476 | 419 | — | |
| 1960 | #460 | 454 | — | |
| 1959 | #454 | 454 | — | |
| 1958 | #458 | 435 | — | |
| 1957 | #407 | 516 | — | |
| 1956 | #374 | 554 | — | |
| 1955 | #365 | 576 | — | |
| 1954 | #346 | 614 | — | |
| 1953 | #323 | 647 | — | |
| 1952 | #312 | 667 | — | |
| 1951 | #300 | 672 | — | |
| 1950 | #289 | 734 | — | |
| 1949 | #264 | 848 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #266 | 837 | — | |
| 1947 | #259 | 848 | — | |
| 1946 | #251 | 800 | — | |
| 1945 | #244 | 752 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #231 | 816 | — | |
| 1943 | #225 | 874 | — | |
| 1942 | #202 | 1,002 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #186 | 1,007 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #191 | 965 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #183 | 1,040 | — | |
| 1938 | #178 | 1,131 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #176 | 1,141 | — | |
| 1936 | #181 | 1,008 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #175 | 1,071 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #168 | 1,112 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #157 | 1,157 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #169 | 1,136 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #160 | 1,185 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #161 | 1,272 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #153 | 1,389 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #155 | 1,393 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #158 | 1,493 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #158 | 1,477 | — | |
| 1925 | #150 | 1,679 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #155 | 1,630 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #149 | 1,691 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #140 | 1,762 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #140 | 1,828 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #137 | 1,819 | — | |
| 1919 | #122 | 1,940 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #124 | 1,916 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #126 | 1,737 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #114 | 1,899 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #119 | 1,683 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #105 | 1,500 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #103 | 1,288 | — | |
| 1912 | #98 | 1,253 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #91 | 1,022 | — | |
| 1910 | #85 | 1,079 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #85 | 969 | — | |
| 1908 | #83 | 962 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #80 | 969 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #77 | 952 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #72 | 1,044 | — | |
| 1904 | #70 | 993 | — | |
| 1903 | #70 | 986 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #62 | 1,081 | — | |
| 1901 | #58 | 1,027 | — | |
| 1900 | #55 | 1,389 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #58 | 1,056 | — | |
| 1898 | #51 | 1,304 | — | |
| 1897 | #49 | 1,246 | — | |
| 1896 | #52 | 1,204 | — | |
| 1895 | #49 | 1,295 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #46 | 1,319 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #44 | 1,308 | — | |
| 1892 | #39 | 1,419 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #35 | 1,343 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #36 | 1,386 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #32 | 1,365 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #31 | 1,433 | #704 | 9 |
| 1887 | #27 | 1,257 | — | |
| 1886 | #28 | 1,231 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #23 | 1,253 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #23 | 1,244 | #663 | 9 |
| 1883 | #24 | 1,081 | — | |
| 1882 | #21 | 1,076 | — | |
| 1881 | #18 | 969 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #15 | 1,045 | #809 | 6 |
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 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#85 · 1 in 327
- Tennessee#96 · 1 in 438
- New Mexico#102 · 1 in 347
- Louisiana#104 · 1 in 404
- Alabama#105 · 1 in 438
Best ever in a state: #7 in Wyoming, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #85 | 69 | 1 in 327 |
| Tennessee | #96 | 62 | 1 in 438 |
| New Mexico | #102 | 16 | 1 in 347 |
| Louisiana | #104 | 55 | 1 in 404 |
| Alabama | #105 | 67 | 1 in 438 |
| South Carolina | #107 | 48 | 1 in 427 |
| Arkansas | #110 | 40 | 1 in 468 |
| Florida | #110 | 31 | 1 in 438 |
| Oklahoma | #114 | 39 | 1 in 521 |
| Georgia | #117 | 66 | 1 in 467 |
| Virginia | #118 | 47 | 1 in 507 |
| Kentucky | #120 | 52 | 1 in 543 |
| District of Columbia | #135 | 8 | 1 in 625 |
| North Carolina | #141 | 63 | 1 in 587 |
| West Virginia | #153 | 27 | 1 in 705 |
| Montana | #156 | 5 | 1 in 781 |
| Oregon | #159 | 7 | 1 in 895 |
| Missouri | #161 | 31 | 1 in 866 |
| Colorado | #164 | 12 | 1 in 740 |
| Maine | #172 | 7 | 1 in 892 |
| Maryland | #173 | 12 | 1 in 1,036 |
| Kansas | #178 | 11 | 1 in 1,118 |
| Iowa | #179 | 14 | 1 in 1,351 |
| Ohio | #181 | 37 | 1 in 1,380 |
| Arizona | #185 | 7 | 1 in 670 |
| Pennsylvania | #201 | 48 | 1 in 1,549 |
| Texas | #218 | 57 | 1 in 1,012 |
| New Jersey | #219 | 13 | 1 in 1,900 |
| Michigan | #227 | 21 | 1 in 2,013 |
| New York | #228 | 45 | 1 in 1,901 |
| Nebraska | #234 | 5 | 1 in 1,807 |
| Washington | #236 | 6 | 1 in 1,825 |
| Indiana | #247 | 11 | 1 in 2,369 |
| Illinois | #250 | 24 | 1 in 2,300 |
| Wisconsin | #283 | 7 | 1 in 3,411 |
| California | #292 | 21 | 1 in 2,120 |
| Massachusetts | #340 | 5 | 1 in 5,617 |
| Minnesota | #346 | 5 | 1 in 4,200 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #15 (1,045 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 77 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1880–1912
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 87 girls born in 1880 were named Cora (1.1%)
- Latest: 1 in 662 girls born in 2025 (0.15%)
- 17.8% of all girls named Cora (27,816) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #15 (1880) → #876 (1988) → #71 (2019)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11,954 | #15 (1880) | #24 |
| 1890s | 12,880 | #35 (1891) | #46 |
| 1900s | 10,372 | #55 (1900) | #71 |
| 1910s | 15,317 | #85 (1910) | #109 |
| 1920s | 16,161 | #137 (1920) | #150 |
| 1930s | 11,253 | #157 (1933) | #171 |
| 1940s | 8,749 | #186 (1941) | #232 |
| 1950s | 5,869 | #289 (1950) | #363 |
| 1960s | 3,393 | #460 (1960) | #540 |
| 1970s | 2,093 | #678 (1970) | #720 |
| 1980s | 2,224 | #724 (1982) | #774 |
| 1990s | 3,323 | #491 (1999) | #688 |
| 2000s | 7,745 | #303 (2009) | #409 |
| 2010s | 27,816 | #71 (2019) | #127 |
| 2020s | 16,879 | #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 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 976 of them was named Cora, which outranked 96.4% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 100,832 of them was named Cora, which outranked 45.8% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,084Woodroe12
- #2,084Yancy12
- #2,084Ysidro12
- #2,185Cora11
- #2,185Adalberto11
- #2,185Ancel11
- #2,185Angela11
- #2,326Ada10
- #2,326Afton10
- #2,326Alger10
Tied with 140 names at #2,185; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.