Zora
#968 for girls in 2025, 264 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 58 births
- Debut · girls
- 28 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,202since 1880
Zora over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Zora has never cracked the top 200 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #968 | 264 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #914 | 290 | — | |
| 2023 | #853 | 313 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #843 | 332 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #822 | 338 | — | |
| 2020 | #873 | 308 | — | |
| 2019 | #786 | 353 | — | |
| 2018 | #979 | 270 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,187 | 206 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,412 | 164 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,566 | 140 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,562 | 139 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,977 | 99 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,846 | 109 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,058 | 94 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,202 | 88 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,244 | 87 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,890 | 112 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,971 | 104 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,016 | 98 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,950 | 98 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,855 | 102 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,641 | 117 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,527 | 62 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,411 | 65 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,424 | 47 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,611 | 35 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,313 | 49 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,249 | 41 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,090 | 51 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,206 | 45 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,278 | 39 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,013 | 52 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,023 | 49 | — | |
| 1939 | #953 | 55 | — | |
| 1938 | #905 | 61 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,002 | 49 | — | |
| 1936 | #888 | 59 | — | |
| 1935 | #874 | 62 | — | |
| 1934 | #791 | 72 | — | |
| 1933 | #895 | 57 | — | |
| 1932 | #816 | 70 | — | |
| 1931 | #793 | 73 | — | |
| 1930 | #726 | 93 | — | |
| 1929 | #835 | 72 | — | |
| 1928 | #794 | 81 | — | |
| 1927 | #747 | 92 | — | |
| 1926 | #744 | 93 | — | |
| 1925 | #688 | 114 | — | |
| 1924 | #673 | 122 | — | |
| 1923 | #647 | 130 | — | |
| 1922 | #647 | 128 | — | |
| 1921 | #632 | 136 | — | |
| 1920 | #613 | 135 | — | |
| 1919 | #641 | 117 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #608 | 134 | — | |
| 1917 | #586 | 135 | — | |
| 1916 | #538 | 152 | — | |
| 1915 | #474 | 169 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #509 | 120 | — | |
| 1913 | #534 | 90 | — | |
| 1912 | #479 | 99 | — | |
| 1911 | #450 | 82 | — | |
| 1910 | #539 | 57 | — | |
| 1909 | #496 | 57 | — | |
| 1908 | #468 | 59 | — | |
| 1907 | #368 | 92 | — | |
| 1906 | #428 | 64 | — | |
| 1905 | #455 | 55 | — | |
| 1904 | #438 | 54 | — | |
| 1903 | #346 | 83 | — | |
| 1902 | #403 | 58 | — | |
| 1901 | #385 | 58 | — | |
| 1900 | #337 | 99 | — | |
| 1899 | #387 | 56 | — | |
| 1898 | #385 | 65 | — | |
| 1897 | #356 | 67 | — | |
| 1896 | #343 | 72 | — | |
| 1895 | #376 | 55 | — | |
| 1894 | #341 | 66 | — | |
| 1893 | #327 | 67 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #328 | 66 | — | |
| 1891 | #348 | 52 | — | |
| 1890 | #326 | 60 | — | |
| 1889 | #341 | 53 | — | |
| 1888 | #369 | 42 | — | |
| 1887 | #314 | 46 | — | |
| 1886 | #285 | 52 | — | |
| 1885 | #290 | 48 | — | |
| 1884 | #257 | 58 | — | |
| 1883 | #294 | 35 | — | |
| 1882 | #314 | 32 | — | |
| 1881 | #360 | 21 | — | |
| 1880 | #294 | 28 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Zora was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 54 spots since 2024 (#914 → #968)
- 95 spots since 2020 (#873 → #968)
- 598 spots since 2015 (#1,566 → #968)
- Biggest jump: 208 spots in 2018 (#1,187 → #979)
- Biggest drop: 114 spots in 1937 (#888 → #1,002)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #257 (58 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 70 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1936
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,224
- Highest: 1 in 2,224 girls born in 1884 were named Zora (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,088 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 18.1% of all girls named Zora (1,845) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 415 | #257 (1884) | #312 |
| 1890s | 626 | #326 (1890) | #352 |
| 1900s | 679 | #337 (1900) | #412 |
| 1910s | 1,155 | #450 (1911) | #536 |
| 1920s | 1,103 | #613 (1920) | #702 |
| 1930s | 651 | #726 (1930) | #864 |
| 1940s | 435 | #1,013 (1941) | #1,273 |
| 1950s | 290 | #1,424 (1953) | #2,107 |
| 1960s | 132 | #2,752 (1961) | #3,876 |
| 1970s | 93 | #4,123 (1971) | #5,655 |
| 1980s | 63 | #5,245 (1980) | #7,346 |
| 1990s | 176 | #4,217 (1995) | #5,786 |
| 2000s | 877 | #1,641 (2003) | #2,239 |
| 2010s | 1,662 | #786 (2019) | #1,558 |
| 2020s | 1,845 | #822 (2021) | #879 |
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.
Zora in 1903
girls
#346
83 births · 1 in 3,156 girls
Top girls' names in 1903
More about 1903
girls
261,970 girls got a published name in 1903; 1 in 3,156 of them was named Zora, which outranked 83.4% of the 2,083 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).