Norah
#262 for girls in 2025, 1,191 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2017 · 2,156 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 33,869since 1880
Norah over time
Rank among girls' names. Norah has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #262 | 1,191 | — | |
| 2024 | #223 | 1,384 | — | |
| 2023 | #201 | 1,488 | — | |
| 2022 | #192 | 1,539 | — | |
| 2021 | #160 | 1,791 | — | |
| 2020 | #152 | 1,810 | — | |
| 2019 | #144 | 1,975 | — | |
| 2018 | #140 | 2,013 | — | |
| 2017 | #136 | 2,156 | — | |
| 2016 | #154 | 2,026 | — | |
| 2015 | #159 | 2,032 | — | |
| 2014 | #163 | 2,007 | — | |
| 2013 | #188 | 1,725 | — | |
| 2012 | #210 | 1,502 | — | |
| 2011 | #263 | 1,217 | — | |
| 2010 | #298 | 1,091 | — | |
| 2009 | #343 | 959 | — | |
| 2008 | #476 | 666 | — | |
| 2007 | #468 | 689 | — | |
| 2006 | #515 | 591 | — | |
| 2005 | #523 | 558 | — | |
| 2004 | #590 | 476 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #815 | 303 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,853 | 96 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,438 | 64 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,593 | 57 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,015 | 42 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,237 | 36 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,221 | 35 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,974 | 39 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,935 | 39 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,957 | 38 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,658 | 42 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,170 | 28 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,515 | 37 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,614 | 35 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,800 | 32 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,671 | 33 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,612 | 29 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,706 | 21 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,856 | 35 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,758 | 32 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 36 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #1,621 | 26 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #1,795 | 23 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #1,643 | 27 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 | — | |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 | — | |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,047 | 11 | — | |
| 1897 | #660 | 22 | — | |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 | — | |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 | — | |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 | — | |
| 1891 | #669 | 16 | — | |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #663 | 15 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 | — | |
| 1885 | #557 | 15 | — | |
| 1884 | #614 | 12 | — | |
| 1883 | #423 | 20 | — | |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 | — | |
| 1881 | #470 | 13 | — | |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Norah was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Norah is popular in 1888
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Norah
- 39 spots since 2024 (#223 → #262)
- 110 spots since 2020 (#152 → #262)
- 103 spots since 2015 (#159 → #262)
- Biggest jump: 1,038 spots in 2003 (#1,853 → #815)
- Biggest drop: 387 spots in 1898 (#660 → #1,047)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2017 at #136 (2,156 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 2003–2025
- Highest: 1 in 801 girls born in 2017 were named Norah (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,350 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
- 52.4% of all girls named Norah (17,744) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 125 | #423 (1883) | #628 |
| 1890s | 146 | #660 (1897) | #823 |
| 1900s | 114 | #872 (1902) | #1,178 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,335 (1910) | #1,631 |
| 1920s | 197 | #1,643 (1924) | #2,024 |
| 1930s | 129 | #1,941 (1931) | #2,389 |
| 1940s | 206 | #1,621 (1945) | #2,021 |
| 1950s | 234 | #1,583 (1951) | #2,345 |
| 1960s | 213 | #2,250 (1961) | #2,758 |
| 1970s | 238 | #2,602 (1976) | #3,081 |
| 1980s | 327 | #2,515 (1984) | #2,884 |
| 1990s | 357 | #2,935 (1991) | #3,291 |
| 2000s | 4,459 | #343 (2009) | #1,061 |
| 2010s | 17,744 | #136 (2017) | #186 |
| 2020s | 9,203 | #152 (2020) | #198 |
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.
Norah in 1888
Top girls' names in 1888
More about 1888
girls
178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 11,908 of them was named Norah, which outranked 55.0% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #636Sybil16
- #636Winona16
- #636Zada16
- #663Norah15
- #663Alda15
- #663Alvena15
- #663Camilla15
- #690Albert14
- #690Almira14
- #690Arie14
Tied with 26 names at #663; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
- ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
- ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.