How Many People Are Named Zora?
people named Zora are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 62,415 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,248 babies named Zora in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
353 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a South and West Slavic word meaning "dawn, aurora".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Zora, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zora alive today is about 20 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zora first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2019, to 353 babies. In 2025, 273 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zora has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #258, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #969.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #969 |
| Best rank | #258 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #881 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zora alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zora were born in California than in any other state: about 392 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zora was given 4.8 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.4 times in Alabama and 2.3 times in Kentucky.
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