Medora

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births

Peak · girls
1885 · 10 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
759
since 1885

Medora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Medora has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #695, 1885girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024
2023#15,1945
2022#15,3065
2021
2020
2019#11,3568
2018
2017#15,9025
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010#16,9925
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005#16,4625
2004#12,7617
2003#12,4087
2002
2001
2000#15,0315
1999#10,3458
1998#10,1228
1997
1996
1995
1994#11,7786
1993#13,4425
1992#13,3175
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987#8,7787
1986#9,5456
1985
1984
1983
1982#9,2376
1981
1980#9,0956
1979#9,0106
1978
1977
1976#8,1566
1975#7,9846
1974
1973
1972
1971#7,3886
1970#4,76111
1969#7,4715
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963#6,5925
1962
1961
1960
1959#6,2455
1958#4,8907
1957#4,2029
1956#5,9525
1955
1954
1953#5,6735
1952#4,1238
1951#4,0118
1950#3,05212
1949#3,8928
1948#4,2057
1947#4,0078
1946#4,9605
1945
1944
1943#4,1966
1942#3,1949
1941#4,4205
1940#3,2088
1939
1938#3,1818
1937#2,73510
1936#2,8579
1935#2,73110
1934#2,42412
1933
1932#3,9016
1931#2,42712
1930#2,84510
1929#2,58712
1928#3,1649
1927#3,2849
1926#2,56913
1925
1924#2,51414
1923#2,16917
1922#1,73024
1921#2,37815
1920#1,66625
1919#2,81311
1918#2,02918
1917#1,77320
1916#2,13315
1915#1,96416
1914#1,81814
1913#2,3318
1912#1,71911
1911#1,54510
1910#1,7738
1909#2,2085
1908#1,35710
1907#1,28910
1906#1,22910
1905#1,9315
1904#1,3648
1903#1,7925
1902
1901#1,4666
1900#1,3199
1899#1,03410
1898#1,5026
1897
1896#1,2138
1895#1,05310
1894#1,3536
1893
1892
1891
1890#1,0997
1889#1,2795
1888
1887#9377
1886
1885#69510
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.

Where Medora is popular in 1887

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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
    DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
    1880s22#695 (1885)#970
    1890s47#1,034 (1899)#1,209
    1900s68#1,229 (1906)#1,551
    1910s131#1,545 (1911)#1,990
    1920s138#1,666 (1920)#2,451
    1930s77#2,424 (1934)#2,888
    1940s56#3,194 (1942)#4,010
    1950s59#3,052 (1950)#4,769
    1960s10#6,592 (1963)#7,032
    1970s35#4,761 (1970)#7,460
    1980s25#8,778 (1987)#9,164
    1990s32#10,122 (1998)#11,801
    2000s24#12,408 (2003)#14,166
    2010s18#11,356 (2019)#14,750
    2020s17#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.

    Medora in 1887

    girls
    #937
    7 births · 1 in 20,854 girls

    Top girls' names in 1887

    1. #1Mary9,888
    2. #2Anna4,227
    3. #3Elizabeth2,681
    4. #4Emma2,647
    5. #5Margaret2,419
    6. #6Minnie2,215
    7. #7Bertha2,037
    8. #8Clara1,984
    9. #9Florence1,964
    10. #10Ida1,929
    11. #937Medora7
    More about 1887

    girls

    145,981 girls got a published name in 1887; 1 in 20,854 of them was named Medora, which outranked 28.3% of the 1,306 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

    Ranked beside Medora
    1. #860Vennie8
    2. #860Vicie8
    3. #860Zettie8
    4. #937Medora7
    5. #937Alba7
    6. #937Albert7
    7. #937Albertina7
    8. #1,036Alla6
    9. #1,036Alverta6
    10. #1,036Anie6

    Tied with 98 names at #937; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

    Biggest movers since 1886
    Risers
    1. 571Ossie#1,108#537
    2. 522Albertine#1,108#586
    3. 475Grayce#1,108#633
    4. 447Berenice#1,108#661
    5. 447Elfrieda#1,108#661
    Fallers
    1. 591Faith#556#1,147
    2. 541Jo#606#1,147
    3. 541Leanna#606#1,147
    4. 541Manie#606#1,147
    5. 430Drusilla#606#1,036

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

    See the top 100 for 1887