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.

Theora

#7,863 most common girls' name of all time · #13,156 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1891–2024

Rank among girls
#7,863
Rank overall
#13,156 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
853
Since 2016
15
Peak year
1929 #1,230
Best rank
#1,125 1901
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Theora first appears in 1891. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 8 8 #11,166
2020 7 7 #12,206
1990 5 5 #13,052
1988 7 7 #9,300
1968 5 5 #7,127
1958 7 7 #4,965
1957 7 7 #4,980
1955 5 5 #5,965
1954 6 6 #5,233
1953 5 5 #5,772
1951 6 6 #4,920
1950 10 10 #3,476
1949 8 8 #3,961
1948 6 6 #4,742
1947 8 8 #4,077
1946 8 8 #3,737
1945 6 6 #4,112
1944 6 6 #4,149
1943 14 14 #2,487
1942 11 11 #2,871
1941 13 13 #2,438
1940 14 14 #2,235
1939 8 8 #3,234
1938 10 10 #2,785
1937 13 13 #2,365
1936 13 13 #2,321
1935 5 5 #4,319
1934 12 12 #2,469
1933 18 18 #1,866
1932 16 16 #2,075
1931 18 18 #1,903
1930 29 29 #1,446
1929 37 37 #1,230
1928 18 18 #2,057
1927 16 16 #2,287
1926 27 27 #1,603
1925 25 25 #1,724
1924 20 20 #2,022
1923 23 23 #1,802
1922 21 21 #1,916
1921 16 16 #2,311
1920 23 23 #1,783
1919 36 36 #1,287
1918 33 33 #1,350
1917 30 30 #1,359
1916 25 25 #1,510
1915 28 28 #1,356
1914 25 25 #1,253
1913 18 18 #1,385
1912 13 13 #1,587
1911 13 13 #1,347
1910 10 10 #1,589
1909 9 9 #1,553
1908 11 11 #1,330
1907 11 11 #1,267
1906 8 8 #1,502
1905 9 9 #1,381
1902 5 5 #1,907
1901 10 10 #1,125
1899 6 6 #1,532
1897 6 6 #1,497
1891 7 7 #1,210