NameTides

Nora

Nora was the #20 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6,380 babies), and #75 in England & Wales and #10 in Canada.

Nora as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Nora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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 IrelandCanadaUSIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Nora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#20 (6,380)#75 (616)#86 (49)#43 (42)#76 (65)#10 (793)#52 (128)#46 (132)
2024#22 (6,148)#86 (549)#72 (56)#44 (39)#84 (61)#14 (728)#69 (103)—
2023#24 (6,027)#103 (465)#152 (28)#72 (28)#95 (53)#17 (685)#58 (116)#65 (91)
2022#28 (6,148)#119 (440)#163 (26)#98 (22)#103 (50)#17 (726)#82 (83)#93 (64)
2021#27 (6,281)#123 (406)#145 (31)#64 (35)#130 (40)#21 (729)#89 (83)#82 (75)
2020#30 (5,583)#153 (326)#157 (26)#129 (16)#126 (41)#30 (635)——
2019#29 (5,936)#160 (314)#182 (24)#98 (22)#131 (41)#36 (590)——
2018#30 (5,837)#197 (267)#225 (18)#151 (14)#131 (42)#39 (570)——
2017#29 (6,067)#250 (199)#275 (14)#190 (10)#142 (40)#46 (532)——
2016#36 (5,593)#283 (177)#303 (13)#175 (12)#153 (36)#50 (500)——
2015#41 (5,330)#305 (158)#379 (9)#269 (6)#199 (27)#58 (454)——
2014#49 (4,741)#389 (113)#537 (6)#365 (4)#203 (26)#69 (392)——
2013#83 (3,508)#479 (88)#663 (4)#255 (7)#172 (33)#101 (291)——
2012#108 (2,890)#580 (73)——#264 (19)#122 (242)——
2011#137 (2,235)#702 (55)#579 (5)#444 (3)#215 (25)#196 (162)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #55.
  • 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 250 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 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 250common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 410common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 370common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 170very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 320common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 190very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Nora is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 260 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 240 to 1 in 270.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nora by state, 2025Alaska: #18AKMaine: #14MEWisconsin: #7WIVermont: #4VTNew Hampshire: #6NHWashington: #20WAIdaho: #21IDMontana: #5MTNorth Dakota: #11NDMinnesota: #4MNIllinois: #14ILMichigan: #13MINew York: #23NYMassachusetts: #8MAOregon: #13ORNevada: #81NVWyoming: #31WYSouth Dakota: #7SDIowa: #12IAIndiana: #16INOhio: #10OHPennsylvania: #10PANew Jersey: #20NJConnecticut: #8CTRhode Island: #10RICalifornia: #50CAUtah: #15UTColorado: #11CONebraska: #16NEMissouri: #12MOKentucky: #21KYWest Virginia: #36WVVirginia: #20VAMaryland: #28MDDelaware: #23DEArizona: #39AZNew Mexico: #111NMKansas: #20KSArkansas: #38ARTennessee: #28TNNorth Carolina: #21NCSouth Carolina: #31SCDistrict of Columbia: #23DCOklahoma: #37OKLouisiana: #29LAMississippi: #39MSAlabama: #37ALGeorgia: #33GAHawaii: #78HITexas: #56TXFlorida: #52FL
Nora (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#14332
Quebec2025#5397

Nora (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
NoraCanadaGirls#10793
NoraEngland & WalesGirls#75616
NoraIrelandGirls#7665
NóraIrelandGirls#24717
NoraNorthern IrelandGirls#4342
NoraNSWGirls#52128
NoraScotlandGirls#8649
NoraUSGirls#206,380
NoraUSBoys#10,6956
NoraVICGirls#46132
NóraVICGirls—too few