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Nora

Pronounced /ˈnɔːɹə/

Rank in 2024
#22
Born in 2024
6,128
Peak year
2021 · #27
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 6,128 girls were named Nora, about 1 in every 263.
  • It peaked in 2021 with 6,276 babies, ranked #27.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 186,719 girls have been named Nora since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Nora per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 1.3
    Greatest
  2. 0.8
    Silent
  3. 0.6
    Boomers
  4. 0.4
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.7
    Gen Z
  7. 3.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 27,516 babies, 1.34 per 1,000. Silent: 16,080 babies, 0.78 per 1,000. Boomers: 21,547 babies, 0.60 per 1,000. Gen X: 10,205 babies, 0.40 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,806 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Gen Z: 19,671 babies, 0.68 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 67,161 babies, 3.31 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Short form of Eleanor or, rarely, of Honora.

  • A female given name.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈnɔːɹə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Nora, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Norah

    Rank
    #223
    Born '24
    1,374
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20172024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Nori

    Rank
    #1,013
    Born '24
    251
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Nyra

    Rank
    #1,226
    Born '24
    191
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20212024