Bora**
#6,323 most common boys' name of all time · #15,785 across all names · 66% male / 34% female · used 1981–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,323
Rank overall
#15,785 of 105,966
First appeared
1981
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
636
Since 2016
255
Peak year
2019 #5,046
Best rank
#4,016 2005
Girls
Boys
peak 34/yr
Bora first appears in 1981. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 15 | 29 | #5,975 |
| 2024 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #6,985 |
| 2023 | 15 | 12 | 27 | #7,058 |
| 2022 | 20 | 9 | 29 | #8,543 |
| 2021 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 2020 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #7,202 |
| 2019 | 15 | 19 | 34 | #5,046 |
| 2018 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #6,508 |
| 2017 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #5,924 |
| 2016 | 15 | 17 | 32 | #5,432 |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #6,844 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,794 |
| 2013 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #6,788 |
| 2012 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #7,805 |
| 2011 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #5,102 |
| 2010 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,521 |
| 2009 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #7,418 |
| 2008 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #5,630 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #9,256 |
| 2006 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,413 |
| 2005 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,016 |
| 2004 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,720 |
| 2003 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #6,075 |
| 2002 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,277 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,234 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,126 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,000 |
| 1995 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #7,428 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,447 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,490 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,002 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,924 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1988 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,140 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,529 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,392 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,950 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,142 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,575 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,193 |