Zora

#968 for girls in 2025, 264 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1884 · 58 births
Debut · girls
28 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,202
since 1880

Zora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zora has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #257, 1884girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#968264#8,2439
2024#914290—
2023#853313#10,8216
2022#843332#7,76810
2021#822338—
2020#873308—
2019#786353—
2018#979270—
2017#1,187206—
2016#1,412164—
2015#1,566140—
2014#1,562139—
2013#1,97799—
2012#1,846109—
2011#2,05894—
2010#2,20288—
2009#2,24487—
2008#1,890112—
2007#1,971104—
2006#2,01698—
2005#1,95098—
2004#1,855102—
2003#1,641117—
2002#2,52762—
2001#2,41165—
2000#3,88632—
1999#4,31326—
1998#5,12320—
1997#4,23925—
1996#5,77116—
1995#4,21724—
1994#5,98415—
1993#5,67316—
1992#6,31414—
1991#6,97612—
1990#9,2478—
1989#7,44910—
1988——
1987#8,7787—
1986#7,1349—
1985#8,3187—
1984——
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1982#6,37110—
1981#8,1287—
1980#5,24513—
1979#6,6969—
1978#6,9488—
1977#6,3409—
1976#7,2967—
1975#5,16111—
1974#4,22714—
1973#5,5809—
1972#4,52312—
1971#4,12314—
1970——
1969#4,72310—
1968#4,22211—
1967#3,34015—
1966#5,2737—
1965#3,26415—
1964#5,4747—
1963#3,45814#4,0485
1962#3,43814—
1961#2,75220—
1960#2,82019—
1959#3,82711—
1958#2,66319—
1957#1,98930—
1956#2,24924—
1955#1,80334—
1954#2,18624—
1953#1,42447—
1952#1,64135—
1951#1,61135—
1950#1,67931—
1949#1,56435—
1948#1,31349—
1947#1,57636—
1946#1,41938—
1945#1,24941—
1944#1,09051—
1943#1,20645—
1942#1,27839—
1941#1,01352—
1940#1,02349—
1939#95355—
1938#90561—
1937#1,00249—
1936#88859—
1935#87462—
1934#79172—
1933#89557—
1932#81670—
1931#79373—
1930#72693—
1929#83572—
1928#79481—
1927#74792—
1926#74493—
1925#688114—
1924#673122—
1923#647130—
1922#647128—
1921#632136—
1920#613135—
1919#641117#3,7366
1918#608134—
1917#586135—
1916#538152—
1915#474169#3,8255
1914#509120—
1913#53490—
1912#47999—
1911#45082—
1910#53957—
1909#49657—
1908#46859—
1907#36892—
1906#42864—
1905#45555—
1904#43854—
1903#34683—
1902#40358—
1901#38558—
1900#33799—
1899#38756—
1898#38565—
1897#35667—
1896#34372—
1895#37655—
1894#34166—
1893#32767#1,0355
1892#32866—
1891#34852—
1890#32660—
1889#34153—
1888#36942—
1887#31446—
1886#28552—
1885#29048—
1884#25758—
1883#29435—
1882#31432—
1881#36021—
1880#29428—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Zora was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Zora is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #424 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,917 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #473 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,374 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedHITexas: #882 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,901 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Zora, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#424 · 1 in 4,917
  2. Oklahoma#473 · 1 in 4,374
  3. Texas#882 · 1 in 10,901

Best ever in a state: #73 in District of Columbia, 2025.

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Oklahoma#47351 in 4,374
Texas#88251 in 10,901
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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 Zora
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 54 spots since 2024 (#914 → #968)
  • 95 spots since 2020 (#873 → #968)
  • 598 spots since 2015 (#1,566 → #968)
  • Biggest jump: 208 spots in 2018 (#1,187 → #979)
  • Biggest drop: 114 spots in 1937 (#888 → #1,002)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #257 (58 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 70 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1936
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,224
  • Highest: 1 in 2,224 girls born in 1884 were named Zora (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,088 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 18.1% of all girls named Zora (1,845) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s415#257 (1884)#312
1890s626#326 (1890)#352
1900s679#337 (1900)#412
1910s1,155#450 (1911)#536
1920s1,103#613 (1920)#702
1930s651#726 (1930)#864
1940s435#1,013 (1941)#1,273
1950s290#1,424 (1953)#2,107
1960s132#2,752 (1961)#3,876
1970s93#4,123 (1971)#5,655
1980s63#5,245 (1980)#7,346
1990s176#4,217 (1995)#5,786
2000s877#1,641 (2003)#2,239
2010s1,662#786 (2019)#1,558
2020s1,845#822 (2021)#879

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.

Zora in 1933

girls
#895
57 births · 1 in 17,683 girls

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #895Zora57
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 17,683 of them was named Zora, which outranked 81.6% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zora
  1. #887Robin58
  2. #887Toby58
  3. #887Zula58
  4. #895Zora57
  5. #895Altha57
  6. #895Arvilla57
  7. #895Delfina57
  8. #904Berneice56
  9. #904Carma56
  10. #904Elease56

Tied with 8 names at #895; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1933 →