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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | ||
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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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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 2024
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#955 · 1 in 5,182
- Ohio#1,251 · 1 in 7,799
- New York#1,414 · 1 in 8,734
- California#1,471 · 1 in 10,354
- Texas#2,109 · 1 in 16,337
Best ever in a state: #559 in New Jersey, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #955 | 7 | 1 in 5,182 |
| Ohio | #1,251 | 6 | 1 in 7,799 |
| New York | #1,414 | 9 | 1 in 8,734 |
| California | #1,471 | 16 | 1 in 10,354 |
| Texas | #2,109 | 10 | 1 in 16,337 |
| Florida | #2,120 | 5 | 1 in 17,261 |
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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
- 24 spots since 2024 (#1,966 → #1,942)
- 254 spots since 2020 (#2,196 → #1,942)
- 1,187 spots since 2015 (#3,129 → #1,942)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2023 at #1,850 (108 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 33.5% of all girls named Sora (602) were born in this decade
- 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.
Sora in 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 16,202 of them was named Sora, which outranked 88.9% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,955Rooney101
- #1,955Shai101
- #1,955Sherlyn101
- #1,966Sora100
- #1,966Amya100
- #1,966Annaleigh100
- #1,966Aryanna100
- #1,980Adilynn99
- #1,980Alessi99
- #1,980Ashanti99
Tied with 13 names at #1,966; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 27,789 of them was named Sora, which outranked 84.0% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,261Skye63
- #2,261Tenzin63
- #2,261Usher63
- #2,288Sora62
- #2,288Advaith62
- #2,288Banner62
- #2,288Bayron62
- #2,313Ameen61
- #2,313Armoni61
- #2,313Athan61
Tied with 24 names at #2,288; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.