Cora

Cora was the #113 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,428 babies), and #132 in England & Wales and #509 in Canada.

Cora as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Cora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandUSEngland & WalesCanada
Cora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#113 (2,428)#132 (368)#77 (54)#47 (39)#86 (58)#509 (60)
2024#103 (2,580)#134 (373)#60 (70)#40 (44)#77 (66)#430 (71)
2023#93 (2,751)#152 (329)#61 (70)#39 (47)#87 (58)#360 (82)
2022#75 (3,076)#140 (357)#67 (62)#35 (52)#94 (58)#318 (92)
2021#87 (3,008)#149 (349)#64 (69)#33 (56)#110 (49)#326 (99)
2020#88 (3,036)#153 (326)#67 (64)#43 (46)#90 (59)#359 (88)
2019#71 (3,602)#158 (317)#81 (56)#47 (45)#127 (44)#303 (104)
2018#73 (3,596)#158 (336)#67 (67)#60 (37)#134 (41)#290 (113)
2017#83 (3,446)#209 (251)#129 (37)#56 (40)#119 (50)#368 (91)
2016#87 (3,374)#263 (193)#103 (45)#56 (42)#127 (47)#387 (89)
2015#88 (3,403)#235 (213)#139 (35)#72 (36)#172 (33)#320 (105)
2014#103 (2,967)#242 (206)#146 (33)#51 (45)#151 (39)#346 (98)
2013#127 (2,586)#315 (149)#254 (16)#67 (35)#172 (33)#422 (76)
2012#155 (2,081)#302 (159)#159 (29)#71 (36)#184 (31)#400 (80)
2011#203 (1,555)#458 (93)#181 (25)#49 (51)#137 (44)#431 (75)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #15.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 660 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 660common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 690common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 330common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 190very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 360common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Cora is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 690 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 650 to 1 in 740.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cora by state, 2025Alaska: #112AKMaine: #57MEWisconsin: #56WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #82NHWashington: #77WAIdaho: #74IDMontana: #91MTNorth Dakota: #58NDMinnesota: #50MNIllinois: #129ILMichigan: #95MINew York: #159NYMassachusetts: #106MAOregon: #90ORNevada: #196NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #51SDIowa: #55IAIndiana: #102INOhio: #76OHPennsylvania: #73PANew Jersey: #129NJConnecticut: #64CTRhode Island: #36RICalifornia: #186CAUtah: #136UTColorado: #89CONebraska: #72NEMissouri: #108MOKentucky: #106KYWest Virginia: #93WVVirginia: #82VAMaryland: #84MDDelaware: #115DEArizona: #154AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #108KSArkansas: #96ARTennessee: #122TNNorth Carolina: #121NCSouth Carolina: #139SCDistrict of Columbia: #64DCOklahoma: #121OKLouisiana: #195LAMississippi: #163MSAlabama: #160ALGeorgia: #158GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #176TXFlorida: #151FL
Cora (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#39133

Cora (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CoraCanadaGirls#50960
CoraEngland & WalesGirls#132368
CoraIrelandGirls#8658
CóraIrelandGirls#4837
CoraIrelandBoys—too few
CoraNorthern IrelandGirls#4739
CoraScotlandGirls#7754
CoraUSGirls#1132,428
CoraUSBoys—too few