Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cora

#265 most common girls' name of all time · #490 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#265
Rank overall
#490 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
156,415
Since 2016
30,897
Peak year
2019 #71
Best rank
#15 1880
Girls Boys peak 3,602/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Cora is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 2,428 2,428 #113
2024 2,580 2,580 #103
2023 2,751 2,751 #93
2022 3,076 3,076 #75
2021 3,008 3,008 #87
2020 3,036 3,036 #88
2019 3,602 3,602 #71
2018 3,596 3,596 #73
2017 3,446 3,446 #83
2016 3,374 3,374 #87
2015 3,403 6 3,409 #88
2014 2,967 5 2,972 #103
2013 2,586 2,586 #127
2012 2,081 2,081 #155
2011 1,555 1,555 #203
2010 1,206 1,206 #275
2009 1,100 1,100 #303
2008 1,041 1,041 #322
2007 918 918 #352
2006 844 844 #384
2005 673 673 #452
2004 698 698 #437
2003 695 695 #433
2002 608 608 #467
2001 604 604 #458
2000 564 564 #481
1999 529 529 #491
1998 468 468 #536
1997 325 325 #669
1996 327 327 #673
1995 313 313 #679
1994 329 329 #653
1993 297 297 #718
1992 250 250 #804
1991 255 255 #803
1990 230 230 #855
1989 247 247 #781
1988 201 201 #876
1987 195 195 #873
1986 237 237 #743
1985 221 221 #768
1984 224 224 #730
1983 225 225 #730
1982 239 239 #724
1981 221 221 #747
1980 214 214 #770
1979 194 194 #813
1978 225 225 #702
1977 223 223 #698
1976 211 211 #700
1975 182 182 #775
1974 206 206 #709
1973 195 195 #726
1972 201 201 #712
1971 222 5 227 #686
1970 234 234 #678
1969 201 9 210 #701
1968 235 235 #629
1967 235 235 #620
1966 312 312 #534
1965 373 373 #493
1964 351 351 #525
1963 403 403 #480
1962 410 410 #478
1961 419 419 #476
1960 454 454 #460
1959 454 454 #454
1958 435 435 #458
1957 516 516 #407
1956 554 554 #374
1955 576 576 #365
1954 614 614 #347
1953 647 647 #323
1952 667 667 #312
1951 672 672 #300
1950 734 734 #289
1949 848 6 854 #264
1948 837 837 #266
1947 848 848 #259
1946 800 800 #251
1945 752 5 757 #244
1944 816 816 #231
1943 874 874 #225
1942 1,002 8 1,010 #202
1941 1,007 5 1,012 #186
1940 965 10 975 #191
1939 1,040 1,040 #183
1938 1,131 11 1,142 #178
1937 1,141 1,141 #176
1936 1,008 11 1,019 #181
1935 1,071 11 1,082 #175
1934 1,112 5 1,117 #168
1933 1,157 13 1,170 #157
1932 1,136 6 1,142 #169
1931 1,185 10 1,195 #160
1930 1,272 8 1,280 #161
1929 1,389 8 1,397 #153
1928 1,393 14 1,407 #155
1927 1,493 7 1,500 #158
1926 1,477 1,477 #158
1925 1,679 6 1,685 #150
1924 1,630 8 1,638 #155
1923 1,691 7 1,698 #149
1922 1,762 6 1,768 #140
1921 1,828 5 1,833 #140
1920 1,819 1,819 #137
1919 1,940 7 1,947 #122
1918 1,916 10 1,926 #124
1917 1,737 17 1,754 #126
1916 1,899 11 1,910 #114
1915 1,683 8 1,691 #119
1914 1,500 5 1,505 #105
1913 1,288 1,288 #103
1912 1,253 5 1,258 #98
1911 1,022 1,022 #91
1910 1,079 5 1,084 #85
1909 969 969 #85
1908 962 7 969 #83
1907 969 8 977 #80
1906 952 7 959 #77
1905 1,044 1,044 #72
1904 993 993 #70
1903 986 9 995 #70
1902 1,081 1,081 #62
1901 1,027 1,027 #58
1900 1,389 8 1,397 #55
1899 1,056 1,056 #58
1898 1,304 1,304 #51
1897 1,246 1,246 #49
1896 1,204 1,204 #52
1895 1,295 9 1,304 #49
1894 1,319 7 1,326 #46
1893 1,308 1,308 #44
1892 1,419 5 1,424 #39
1891 1,343 6 1,349 #35
1890 1,386 9 1,395 #36
1889 1,365 7 1,372 #32
1888 1,433 9 1,442 #31
1887 1,257 1,257 #27
1886 1,231 6 1,237 #28
1885 1,253 5 1,258 #23
1884 1,244 9 1,253 #23
1883 1,081 1,081 #24
1882 1,076 1,076 #21
1881 969 7 976 #18
1880 1,045 6 1,051 #15