Tora
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,059
Given to girls 97.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 990since 1898
Tora over time
Rank among girls' names. Tora has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | — | |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | — | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,442 | 23 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,390 | 37 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,775 | 53 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 31 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,137 | 38 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | — | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Tora! It came in at #1,502, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1909, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Tora
- 164 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #10,107)
- 1,701 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #10,107)
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1898 at #1,502 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 27,643 girls born in 1976 were named Tora (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,502 in 1898, was only 1 in 43,128 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.4% of all girls named Tora (321) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,502 (1898) | #1,502 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 17 | #2,140 (1910) | #3,307 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,805 (1927) | #4,805 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,181 (1936) | #4,181 |
| 1940s | 6 | #4,651 (1948) | #4,651 |
| 1950s | 45 | #3,662 (1950) | #4,729 |
| 1960s | 89 | #2,645 (1969) | #4,612 |
| 1970s | 321 | #1,775 (1976) | #2,645 |
| 1980s | 110 | #4,746 (1981) | #6,399 |
| 1990s | 108 | #5,955 (1993) | #8,174 |
| 2000s | 90 | #8,716 (2004) | #11,071 |
| 2010s | 115 | #6,207 (2014) | #9,303 |
| 2020s | 73 | #5,465 (2022) | #9,078 |
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.
Tora in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 41,402 of them was named Tora, which outranked 79.2% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,350Terina38
- #2,350Tijuana38
- #2,350Tristan38
- #2,390Tora37
- #2,390Allegra37
- #2,390Angle37
- #2,390Annabelle37
- #2,431Alexander36
- #2,431Amaris36
- #2,431Amira36
Tied with 40 names at #2,390; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 273,640 of them was named Tora, which outranked 25.2% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).