How Many People Are Named Nora?
people named Nora are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,569 people in the US has this name
Based on 193,922 babies named Nora in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
6,386 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of HONORA or ELEANOR. Henrik Ibsen used it for a character in his play 'A Doll's House' (1879).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Nora in English. Counting Nora and these spellings together, about 165,688 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Nora (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nora alive today is about 24 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nora first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 6,386 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nora never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #20, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 in 39 years between 1880 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #20.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #20 |
| Best rank | #20 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 39 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #51 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nora alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nora were born in California than in any other state: about 10,708 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nora was given 1.6 times as often in Kentucky, 1.5 times in Alaska and 1.5 times in District of Columbia.
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