NameTides

Norah

Norah was the #262 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,191 babies), and #240 in England & Wales and #127 in Canada.

Norah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Norah 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesUSIreland
Norah 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
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#262 (1,191)#240 (195)#154 (27)#154 (12)#304 (13)#127 (214)
2024#223 (1,384)#262 (183)#171 (24)#161 (12)#294 (14)#94 (260)
2023#201 (1,488)#244 (186)#173 (24)#171 (11)#237 (17)#97 (242)
2022#192 (1,539)#232 (202)#208 (20)#175 (11)#389 (10)#82 (286)
2021#160 (1,791)#270 (176)#191 (22)#190 (10)#464 (8)#83 (314)
2020#152 (1,810)#283 (164)#167 (24)#192 (9)#294 (14)#85 (293)
2019#144 (1,975)#283 (173)#258 (15)#200 (9)#260 (18)#84 (307)
2018#140 (2,013)#283 (168)#172 (26)#273 (6)#336 (13)#82 (317)
2017#136 (2,156)#327 (147)#304 (12)#215 (8)#524 (7)#72 (362)
2016#154 (2,026)#347 (138)#311 (12)#353 (4)#390 (11)#96 (293)
2015#159 (2,032)#473 (92)#509 (6)—#378 (12)#92 (314)
2014#163 (2,007)#521 (81)#395 (9)#439 (3)#404 (11)#88 (320)
2013#188 (1,725)#663 (60)#449 (7)—#491 (8)#123 (250)
2012#210 (1,502)#998 (36)——#414 (11)#141 (221)
2011#263 (1,217)#894 (40)#810 (3)—#510 (8)#177 (183)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #136.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 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 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 610common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 700common

Next year

On its recent trend, Norah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Norah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #173WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #149NHWashington: #192WAIdaho: #244IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #141NDMinnesota: #202MNIllinois: #208ILMichigan: #259MINew York: #359NYMassachusetts: #159MAOregon: #169ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #248IAIndiana: #211INOhio: #253OHPennsylvania: #235PANew Jersey: #276NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: #120RICalifornia: #293CAUtah: #184UTColorado: #209CONebraska: #267NEMissouri: #256MOKentucky: #160KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #228VAMaryland: #234MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #317AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #233KSArkansas: #270ARTennessee: #191TNNorth Carolina: #304NCSouth Carolina: #278SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #196OKLouisiana: #271LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #372ALGeorgia: #340GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #317TXFlorida: #404FL
Norah (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#95107
Quebec2025#14039

Norah (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
NorahCanadaGirls#127214
NorahEngland & WalesGirls#240195
NorahIrelandGirls#30413
NorahNorthern IrelandGirls#15412
NorahScotlandGirls#15427
NorahUSGirls#2621,191
NorahUSBoys—too few