NameTides

Zora

Zora was the #968 girls' name in the US in 2025 (264 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #1,768 in Canada.

Zora as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Zora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#968 (264)#1,512 (20)—#1,768 (13)
2024#914 (290)#2,116 (13)—#1,117 (23)
2023#853 (313)#1,469 (21)—#1,254 (19)
2022#843 (332)#1,849 (15)—#1,095 (23)
2021#822 (338)#1,195 (28)—#1,185 (21)
2020#873 (308)#1,507 (20)—#1,490 (15)
2019#786 (353)#2,286 (11)—#2,374 (8)
2018#979 (270)#1,711 (17)—#1,440 (16)
2017#1,187 (206)#3,583 (6)—#2,609 (7)
2016#1,412 (164)#4,763 (4)——
2015#1,566 (140)#2,328 (11)——
2014#1,562 (139)#4,684 (4)——
2013#1,977 (99)——#2,204 (9)
2012#1,846 (109)#3,285 (7)—#2,601 (7)
2011#2,058 (94)#5,785 (3)—#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1884 at #257.
  • 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 6,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zora is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 6,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zora by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #829NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #483ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #725PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,085CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #645GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,224TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Zora (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
Quebec2025#7745
Ontario2024#93212

Zora (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
ZoraCanadaGirls#1,76813
ZoraCanadaBoys#1,20720
ZoraEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
ZoraEngland & WalesBoys#1,27622
ZoraIrelandGirls—too few
ZoraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ZoraUSGirls#968264
ZoraUSBoys#8,2439