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.

Tora

#6,987 most common girls' name of all time · #11,753 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1898–2025

Rank among girls
#6,987
Rank overall
#11,753 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
1,016
Since 2016
121
Peak year
1976 #1,782
Best rank
#1,697 1898
Girls Boys peak 53/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Tora first appears in 1898. 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
2025 9 9 #10,156
2024 9 9 #10,327
2023 7 7 #12,247
2022 23 23 #5,488
2021 13 13 #8,047
2020 12 12 #8,434
2019 13 13 #8,170
2018 16 16 #7,121
2017 13 13 #8,325
2016 6 6 #14,428
2014 20 20 #6,234
2013 7 7 #13,208
2012 15 15 #7,835
2011 9 9 #11,226
2010 16 16 #7,540
2009 8 8 #12,488
2008 12 12 #9,512
2007 9 9 #11,680
2006 9 9 #11,460
2005 10 10 #10,167
2004 12 12 #8,756
2003 7 7 #12,473
2002 8 8 #11,159
2001 6 6 #13,599
2000 9 9 #9,911
1999 8 8 #10,402
1998 14 14 #6,756
1997 6 6 #12,164
1996 8 8 #9,641
1995 12 12 #7,088
1994 12 12 #7,148
1993 15 15 #5,993
1992 8 8 #9,566
1991 12 12 #7,025
1990 13 13 #6,499
1989 10 10 #7,504
1988 9 9 #7,752
1987 8 8 #8,049
1986 10 10 #6,665
1985 7 7 #8,411
1984 12 12 #5,582
1983 12 12 #5,503
1982 14 14 #4,972
1981 15 15 #4,775
1980 13 13 #5,286
1979 23 23 #3,456
1978 37 6 43 #2,400
1977 44 44 #2,134
1976 53 53 #1,782
1975 15 6 21 #4,184
1974 25 25 #2,852
1973 31 6 37 #2,412
1972 26 26 #2,695
1971 38 8 46 #2,143
1970 29 29 #2,539
1969 25 25 #2,660
1968 15 15 #3,487
1967 9 9 #4,685
1965 14 14 #3,430
1964 8 8 #5,098
1963 5 5 #6,729
1962 6 6 #5,978
1961 7 7 #5,393
1959 5 5 #6,374
1957 9 9 #4,269
1956 9 9 #4,225
1955 5 5 #5,994
1954 8 8 #4,358
1950 9 9 #3,734
1948 6 6 #4,779
1936 5 5 #4,325
1927 5 5 #4,966
1917 5 5 #4,751
1914 6 6 #3,330
1910 6 6 #2,275
1898 6 6 #1,697