Medora
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 759since 1885
Medora over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Medora has never cracked the top 600 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1885
The first year at least five girls were named Medora! It came in at #695, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Medora
Momentum · girls
Brand new
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1885 at #695 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1885–1887
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,305
- Highest: 1 in 13,305 girls born in 1885 were named Medora (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 18.2% of all girls named Medora (138) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 22 | #695 (1885) | #970 |
| 1890s | 47 | #1,034 (1899) | #1,209 |
| 1900s | 68 | #1,229 (1906) | #1,551 |
| 1910s | 131 | #1,545 (1911) | #1,990 |
| 1920s | 138 | #1,666 (1920) | #2,451 |
| 1930s | 77 | #2,424 (1934) | #2,888 |
| 1940s | 56 | #3,194 (1942) | #4,010 |
| 1950s | 59 | #3,052 (1950) | #4,769 |
| 1960s | 10 | #6,592 (1963) | #7,032 |
| 1970s | 35 | #4,761 (1970) | #7,460 |
| 1980s | 25 | #8,778 (1987) | #9,164 |
| 1990s | 32 | #10,122 (1998) | #11,801 |
| 2000s | 24 | #12,408 (2003) | #14,166 |
| 2010s | 18 | #11,356 (2019) | #14,750 |
| 2020s | 17 | #11,932 (2025) | #14,144 |
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.
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