Sora
- #1,942 for girls in 2025, 99 births
- #2,230 for boys in 2025, 63 births
- Given to girls 73.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 108 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,799since 1972
Sora over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,942 | 99 | #2,230 | 63 |
| 2024 | #1,966 | 100 | #2,288 | 62 |
| 2023 | #1,850 | 108 | #2,416 | 56 |
| 2022 | #2,087 | 92 | #1,981 | 77 |
| 2021 | #2,233 | 83 | #2,552 | 51 |
| 2020 | #2,196 | 82 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2019 | #2,331 | 77 | #3,052 | 39 |
| 2018 | #2,334 | 78 | #2,943 | 40 |
| 2017 | #2,635 | 66 | #3,071 | 38 |
| 2016 | #3,280 | 49 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #3,129 | 53 | #3,431 | 32 |
| 2014 | #2,560 | 69 | #4,014 | 25 |
| 2013 | #4,076 | 36 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | #3,134 | 53 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #3,173 | 52 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #2,614 | 69 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #4,269 | 35 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #4,006 | 39 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #4,050 | 38 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #3,669 | 42 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #3,942 | 36 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #4,034 | 33 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five girls were named Sora! It came in at #7,292, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1974, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Sora is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Colorado#907 · 1 in 4,665
- New Jersey#1,168 · 1 in 7,100
- California#1,185 · 1 in 7,701
- New York#1,526 · 1 in 9,791
- Georgia#1,533 · 1 in 9,042
Best ever in a state: #559 in New Jersey, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #907 | 5 | 1 in 4,665 |
| New Jersey | #1,168 | 5 | 1 in 7,100 |
| California | #1,185 | 21 | 1 in 7,701 |
| New York | #1,526 | 8 | 1 in 9,791 |
| Georgia | #1,533 | 5 | 1 in 9,042 |
| Florida | #1,887 | 6 | 1 in 14,460 |
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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 Sora
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 254 spots since 2020 (#2,196 → #1,942)
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2023 at #1,850 (108 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,857
- Highest: 1 in 14,857 girls born in 2023 were named Sora (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,235 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 33.5% of all girls named Sora (602) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 61 | #5,427 (1979) | #7,138 |
| 1980s | 98 | #5,544 (1980) | #6,874 |
| 1990s | 147 | #4,329 (1991) | #6,669 |
| 2000s | 327 | #3,669 (2006) | #4,294 |
| 2010s | 602 | #2,331 (2019) | #2,927 |
| 2020s | 564 | #1,850 (2023) | #2,046 |
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.
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