Nora

Where Nora comes from

Short form of Eleanor or, rarely, of Honora.
— Wiktionary's entry for Nora
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #55 among girls — 471 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1941
    Nora Ephron born
    American film director and writer
  3. 1992
    Nora Fatehi born
    Canadian actress (1992-present)
  4. 2025
    Peak, #20
    6,380 babies named Nora — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2025
    The comeback
    Back to #20 after sinking to #500 in 2000.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Nora Ephron · American film director and writer, 1941–2012
  • Nora Fatehi · Canadian actress (1992-present), born 1992
  • Nora Gjakova · Kosovo judoka, born 1992
  • Nora Arnezeder · French actress and singer, born 1989
  • Nora Zehetner · American actress, born 1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.