Zora
#968 for girls in 2025, 264 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Zora has never cracked the top 200 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 | #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 | — | |
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.
See more about Zora
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #257 (58 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 70 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1936
- 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%)
- 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 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 137,679 of them was named Zora, which outranked 54.9% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,336Verlene15
- #3,336Viveca15
- #3,336Xiomara15
- #3,458Zora14
- #3,458Abbey14
- #3,458Adena14
- #3,458Aggie14
- #3,635Aisha13
- #3,635Aleisa13
- #3,635Annazette13
Tied with 176 names at #3,458; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 406,216 of them was named Zora, which outranked 12.4% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 573 names at #4,048; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.