Cora

#113 for girls in 2025, 2,428 births · Last seen for boys in 2015 at #10,644
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 1,045 births
Debut · girls
1,045 births
In top 100 · girls
42 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
156,028
since 1880

Cora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #15, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1132,428
2024#1032,580
2023#932,751
2022#753,076
2021#873,008
2020#883,036
2019#713,602
2018#733,596
2017#833,446
2016#873,374
2015#883,403#10,6446
2014#1032,967#12,1085
2013#1272,586
2012#1552,081
2011#2031,555
2010#2751,206
2009#3031,100
2008#3221,041
2007#352918
2006#384844
2005#452673
2004#437698
2003#433695
2002#467608
2001#458604
2000#481564
1999#491529
1998#536468
1997#669325
1996#673327
1995#679313
1994#653329
1993#718297
1992#804250
1991#803255
1990#855230
1989#781247
1988#876201
1987#873195
1986#743237
1985#768221
1984#730224
1983#730225
1982#724239
1981#747221
1980#770214
1979#813194
1978#702225
1977#698223
1976#700211
1975#774182
1974#709206
1973#726195
1972#712201
1971#686222#4,9075
1970#678234
1969#701201#3,0629
1968#629235
1967#620235
1966#534312
1965#493373
1964#525351
1963#480403
1962#478410
1961#476419
1960#460454
1959#454454
1958#458435
1957#407516
1956#374554
1955#365576
1954#346614
1953#323647
1952#312667
1951#300672
1950#289734
1949#264848#3,2986
1948#266837
1947#259848
1946#251800
1945#244752#3,3385
1944#231816
1943#225874
1942#2021,002#2,7128
1941#1861,007#3,5055
1940#191965#2,32210
1939#1831,040
1938#1781,131#2,18511
1937#1761,141
1936#1811,008#2,18411
1935#1751,071#2,24611
1934#1681,112#3,6795
1933#1571,157#1,99713
1932#1691,136#3,3616
1931#1601,185#2,47110
1930#1611,272#3,0228
1929#1531,389#2,9808
1928#1551,393#2,16214
1927#1581,493#3,4517
1926#1581,477
1925#1501,679#3,7416
1924#1551,630#3,2608
1923#1491,691#3,4677
1922#1401,762#3,8726
1921#1401,828#4,3225
1920#1371,819
1919#1221,940#3,3917
1918#1241,916#2,69910
1917#1261,737#1,81517
1916#1141,899#2,38911
1915#1191,683#2,8298
1914#1051,500#3,2645
1913#1031,288
1912#981,253#2,5445
1911#911,022
1910#851,079#1,5895
1909#85969
1908#83962#1,1137
1907#80969#9998
1906#77952#1,0047
1905#721,044
1904#70993
1903#70986#7839
1902#621,081
1901#581,027
1900#551,389#9688
1899#581,056
1898#511,304
1897#491,246
1896#521,204
1895#491,295#7389
1894#461,319#8577
1893#441,308
1892#391,419#1,0665
1891#351,343#8416
1890#361,386#6679
1889#321,365#7897
1888#311,433#7049
1887#271,257
1886#281,231#8456
1885#231,253#9365
1884#231,244#6639
1883#241,081
1882#211,076
1881#18969#7067
1880#151,045#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Cora was already there! It came in at #15, and was given to 1,045 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1967–1992, when fewer than 260 girls a year got the name.

See more about Cora
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#103#113)
  • 25 spots since 2020 (#88#113)
  • 25 spots since 2015 (#88#113)
  • Biggest jump: 133 spots in 1998 (#669#536)
  • Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1987 (#743#873)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #15 (1,045 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 77 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1880–1912
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 87
  • Highest: 1 in 87 girls born in 1880 were named Cora (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 662 girls born in 2025 (0.15%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 17.8% of all girls named Cora (27,816) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #15 (1880) → #876 (1988) → #71 (2019)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11,954#15 (1880)#24
1890s12,880#35 (1891)#46
1900s10,372#55 (1900)#71
1910s15,317#85 (1910)#109
1920s16,161#137 (1920)#150
1930s11,253#157 (1933)#171
1940s8,749#186 (1941)#232
1950s5,869#289 (1950)#363
1960s3,393#460 (1960)#540
1970s2,093#678 (1970)#720
1980s2,224#724 (1982)#774
1990s3,323#491 (1999)#688
2000s7,745#303 (2009)#409
2010s27,816#71 (2019)#127
2020s16,879#75 (2022)#93

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cora in 1971

girls
#686
222 births · 1 in 7,495 girls
boys
#4,907
5 births · 1 in 353,689 boys

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #686Cora222

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #4,907Cora5
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 7,495 of them was named Cora, which outranked 92.9% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cora
  1. #682Richelle225
  2. #682Sharla225
  3. #682Venus225
  4. #686Cora222
  5. #686Candida222
  6. #686Lenora222
  7. #686Selina222
  8. #690Araceli221
  9. #690Coleen221
  10. #692Ami220

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. 2,115Yesenia#2,522#407
  2. 1,431Shayla#2,267#836
  3. 853Ebony#1,681#828
  4. 749Consuela#1,706#957
  5. 510Candida#1,196#686
Fallers
  1. 572Sebrina#916#1,488
  2. 382Janene#684#1,066
  3. 375Treena#989#1,364
  4. 356Tisa#910#1,266
  5. 351Shaun#929#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 353,689 of them was named Cora, which outranked 13.2% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cora
  1. #4,375Zarak6
  2. #4,375Zebulon6
  3. #4,375Zerick6
  4. #4,907Cora5
  5. #4,907Abdel5
  6. #4,907Abiel5
  7. #4,907Achille5

Tied with 748 names at #4,907; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. 754Germaine#1,582#828
  2. 626Jeramie#1,546#920
  3. 512Jeremey#1,396#884
  4. 473Jarod#1,337#864
  5. 454Jamel#1,374#920
Fallers
  1. 328Adolph#926#1,254
  2. 272Dwane#1,000#1,272
  3. 266Bronson#861#1,127
  4. 244Mitch#921#1,165
  5. 242Enrico#839#1,081

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1971