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.

Nora

#210 most common girls' name of all time · #404 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#210
Rank overall
#404 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
193,922
Since 2016
60,019
Peak year
2025 #20
Best rank
#20 2025
Girls Boys peak 6,386/yr
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Nora 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 6,380 6 6,386 #20
2024 6,148 6,148 #22
2023 6,027 6,027 #24
2022 6,148 6,148 #28
2021 6,281 6,281 #27
2020 5,583 6 5,589 #30
2019 5,936 5,936 #29
2018 5,837 7 5,844 #30
2017 6,067 6,067 #29
2016 5,593 5,593 #36
2015 5,330 5,330 #41
2014 4,741 5 4,746 #49
2013 3,508 3,508 #83
2012 2,890 2,890 #108
2011 2,235 2,235 #137
2010 1,939 1,939 #159
2009 1,670 1,670 #198
2008 1,560 1,560 #216
2007 1,474 1,474 #242
2006 1,385 1,385 #245
2005 1,197 1,197 #276
2004 1,043 1,043 #306
2003 830 5 835 #367
2002 601 601 #471
2001 622 622 #448
2000 540 540 #500
1999 584 584 #455
1998 540 540 #476
1997 563 563 #451
1996 557 557 #449
1995 545 5 550 #463
1994 530 530 #474
1993 526 526 #478
1992 524 524 #470
1991 575 575 #444
1990 588 5 593 #431
1989 596 10 606 #415
1988 606 606 #397
1987 538 8 546 #414
1986 485 5 490 #445
1985 541 6 547 #412
1984 559 559 #391
1983 521 8 529 #414
1982 564 564 #406
1981 551 6 557 #405
1980 571 9 580 #400
1979 536 536 #404
1978 584 584 #366
1977 517 517 #402
1976 517 517 #396
1975 552 552 #377
1974 587 587 #366
1973 573 573 #369
1972 604 604 #364
1971 624 5 629 #375
1970 676 676 #365
1969 709 709 #336
1968 696 7 703 #329
1967 727 5 732 #325
1966 850 5 855 #299
1965 881 8 889 #302
1964 1,050 9 1,059 #279
1963 1,067 7 1,074 #278
1962 1,076 1,076 #274
1961 1,120 9 1,129 #272
1960 1,345 11 1,356 #237
1959 1,276 9 1,285 #241
1958 1,178 6 1,184 #253
1957 1,162 6 1,168 #250
1956 1,170 8 1,178 #244
1955 1,047 6 1,053 #255
1954 1,161 1,161 #237
1953 1,148 10 1,158 #238
1952 1,122 8 1,130 #234
1951 1,160 10 1,170 #223
1950 1,116 1,116 #225
1949 1,198 8 1,206 #218
1948 1,086 1,086 #225
1947 1,096 12 1,108 #225
1946 970 5 975 #229
1945 833 12 845 #228
1944 841 841 #225
1943 856 8 864 #230
1942 837 12 849 #228
1941 845 11 856 #209
1940 843 7 850 #209
1939 859 5 864 #204
1938 857 12 869 #203
1937 842 14 856 #202
1936 791 10 801 #210
1935 910 12 922 #192
1934 888 13 901 #200
1933 891 12 903 #193
1932 969 14 983 #189
1931 904 12 916 #202
1930 1,015 11 1,026 #190
1929 1,016 15 1,031 #193
1928 1,082 9 1,091 #190
1927 1,078 14 1,092 #189
1926 1,203 11 1,214 #176
1925 1,317 9 1,326 #171
1924 1,335 12 1,347 #172
1923 1,221 10 1,231 #180
1922 1,219 16 1,235 #180
1921 1,350 8 1,358 #167
1920 1,477 17 1,494 #157
1919 1,372 12 1,384 #161
1918 1,382 8 1,390 #161
1917 1,360 16 1,376 #154
1916 1,314 12 1,326 #154
1915 1,293 10 1,303 #144
1914 1,038 12 1,050 #143
1913 890 8 898 #135
1912 882 13 895 #129
1911 779 9 788 #116
1910 753 10 763 #111
1909 670 8 678 #107
1908 648 648 #110
1907 676 7 683 #104
1906 644 10 654 #101
1905 742 11 753 #92
1904 698 5 703 #93
1903 724 6 730 #87
1902 724 8 732 #86
1901 727 727 #81
1900 919 9 928 #83
1899 709 709 #80
1898 868 5 873 #74
1897 812 7 819 #71
1896 844 844 #71
1895 846 6 852 #70
1894 854 7 861 #68
1893 825 6 831 #67
1892 899 7 906 #63
1891 801 801 #63
1890 835 5 840 #63
1889 831 831 #60
1888 832 7 839 #62
1887 735 8 743 #56
1886 708 8 716 #56
1885 670 8 678 #56
1884 648 648 #56
1883 589 589 #55
1882 539 539 #58
1881 498 498 #55
1880 471 5 476 #56