Cora remains a common girls' name (#113 in 2025), down from a peak of #15 in 1880.
Cora is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #113 for girl births in the United States (and #274 across all names), given to 2,428 babies. Cora was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2019 (3,602 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,428 | 2,428 | #113 | — |
| 2024 | 2,580 | 2,580 | #103 | — |
| 2023 | 2,751 | 2,751 | #93 | — |
| 2022 | 3,076 | 3,076 | #75 | — |
| 2021 | 3,008 | 3,008 | #87 | — |
| 2020 | 3,036 | 3,036 | #88 | — |
| 2019 | 3,602 | 3,602 | #71 | — |
| 2018 | 3,596 | 3,596 | #73 | — |
| 2017 | 3,446 | 3,446 | #83 | — |
| 2016 | 3,374 | 3,374 | #87 | — |
| 2015 | 3,409 | 3,409 | #88 | #10,943 |
| 2014 | 2,972 | 2,972 | #103 | #12,441 |
| 2013 | 2,586 | 2,586 | #127 | — |
| 2012 | 2,081 | 2,081 | #155 | — |
| 2011 | 1,555 | 1,555 | #203 | — |
| 2010 | 1,206 | 1,206 | #275 | — |
| 2009 | 1,100 | 1,100 | #303 | — |
| 2008 | 1,041 | 1,041 | #323 | — |
| 2007 | 918 | 918 | #353 | — |
| 2006 | 844 | 844 | #384 | — |
| 2005 | 673 | 673 | #452 | — |
| 2004 | 698 | 698 | #437 | — |
| 2003 | 695 | 695 | #434 | — |
| 2002 | 608 | 608 | #467 | — |
| 2001 | 604 | 604 | #460 | — |
| 2000 | 564 | 564 | #481 | — |
| 1999 | 529 | 529 | #491 | — |
| 1998 | 468 | 468 | #536 | — |
| 1997 | 325 | — | #669 | — |
| 1996 | 327 | — | #673 | — |
| 1995 | 313 | — | #679 | — |
| 1994 | 329 | — | #654 | — |
| 1993 | 297 | — | #718 | — |
| 1992 | 250 | — | #804 | — |
| 1991 | 255 | — | #803 | — |
| 1990 | 230 | — | #856 | — |
| 1989 | 247 | — | #782 | — |
| 1988 | 201 | — | #878 | — |
| 1987 | 195 | — | #873 | — |
| 1986 | 237 | — | #743 | — |
| 1985 | 221 | — | #768 | — |
| 1984 | 224 | — | #731 | — |
| 1983 | 225 | — | #730 | — |
| 1982 | 239 | — | #724 | — |
| 1981 | 221 | — | #749 | — |
| 1980 | 214 | — | #770 | — |
| 1979 | 194 | — | #814 | — |
| 1978 | 225 | — | #702 | — |
| 1977 | 223 | — | #699 | — |
| 1976 | 211 | — | #700 | — |
| 1975 | 182 | — | #775 | — |
| 1974 | 206 | — | #709 | — |
| 1973 | 195 | — | #726 | — |
| 1972 | 201 | — | #712 | — |
| 1971 | 227 | — | #687 | #5,039 |
| 1970 | 234 | — | #678 | — |
| 1969 | 210 | — | #703 | #3,106 |
| 1968 | 235 | — | #630 | — |
| 1967 | 235 | — | #620 | — |
| 1966 | 312 | — | #534 | — |
| 1965 | 373 | — | #493 | — |
| 1964 | 351 | — | #525 | — |
| 1963 | 403 | — | #480 | — |
| 1962 | 410 | — | #478 | — |
| 1961 | 419 | — | #476 | — |
| 1960 | 454 | — | #460 | — |
| 1959 | 454 | — | #454 | — |
| 1958 | 435 | — | #458 | — |
| 1957 | 516 | — | #407 | — |
| 1956 | 554 | — | #374 | — |
| 1955 | 576 | — | #365 | — |
| 1954 | 614 | — | #346 | — |
| 1953 | 647 | — | #323 | — |
| 1952 | 667 | — | #312 | — |
| 1951 | 672 | — | #300 | — |
| 1950 | 734 | — | #289 | — |
| 1949 | 854 | — | #264 | #3,380 |
| 1948 | 837 | — | #266 | — |
| 1947 | 848 | — | #259 | — |
| 1946 | 800 | — | #251 | — |
| 1945 | 757 | — | #244 | #3,408 |
| 1944 | 816 | — | #231 | — |
| 1943 | 874 | — | #225 | — |
| 1942 | 1,010 | — | #202 | #2,751 |
| 1941 | 1,012 | — | #186 | #3,600 |
| 1940 | 975 | — | #191 | #2,356 |
| 1939 | 1,040 | — | #183 | — |
| 1938 | 1,142 | — | #178 | #2,213 |
| 1937 | 1,141 | — | #176 | — |
| 1936 | 1,019 | — | #181 | #2,203 |
| 1935 | 1,082 | — | #175 | #2,276 |
| 1934 | 1,117 | — | #168 | #3,777 |
| 1933 | 1,170 | — | #157 | #2,010 |
| 1932 | 1,142 | — | #169 | #3,455 |
| 1931 | 1,195 | — | #160 | #2,511 |
| 1930 | 1,280 | — | #161 | #3,073 |
| 1929 | 1,397 | — | #153 | #3,039 |
| 1928 | 1,407 | — | #155 | #2,183 |
| 1927 | 1,500 | — | #158 | #3,519 |
| 1926 | 1,477 | — | #158 | — |
| 1925 | 1,685 | — | #150 | #3,827 |
| 1924 | 1,638 | — | #155 | #3,316 |
| 1923 | 1,698 | — | #149 | #3,532 |
| 1922 | 1,768 | — | #140 | #3,944 |
| 1921 | 1,833 | — | #140 | #4,472 |
| 1920 | 1,819 | — | #137 | — |
| 1919 | 1,947 | — | #122 | #3,471 |
| 1918 | 1,926 | — | #124 | #2,727 |
| 1917 | 1,754 | — | #126 | #1,835 |
| 1916 | 1,910 | — | #114 | #2,413 |
| 1915 | 1,691 | — | #119 | #2,871 |
| 1914 | 1,505 | — | #105 | #3,351 |
| 1913 | 1,288 | — | #103 | — |
| 1912 | 1,258 | — | #98 | #2,626 |
| 1911 | 1,022 | — | #91 | — |
| 1910 | 1,084 | — | #85 | #1,642 |
| 1909 | 969 | — | #85 | — |
| 1908 | 969 | — | #83 | #1,134 |
| 1907 | 977 | — | #80 | #1,015 |
| 1906 | 959 | — | #77 | #1,031 |
| 1905 | 1,044 | — | #72 | — |
| 1904 | 993 | — | #70 | — |
| 1903 | 995 | — | #70 | #800 |
| 1902 | 1,081 | — | #62 | — |
| 1901 | 1,027 | — | #58 | — |
| 1900 | 1,397 | — | #55 | #981 |
| 1899 | 1,056 | — | #58 | — |
| 1898 | 1,304 | — | #51 | — |
| 1897 | 1,246 | — | #49 | — |
| 1896 | 1,204 | — | #52 | — |
| 1895 | 1,304 | — | #49 | #749 |
| 1894 | 1,326 | — | #46 | #880 |
| 1893 | 1,308 | — | #44 | — |
| 1892 | 1,424 | — | #39 | #1,101 |
| 1891 | 1,349 | — | #35 | #866 |
| 1890 | 1,395 | — | #36 | #678 |
| 1889 | 1,372 | — | #32 | #815 |
| 1888 | 1,442 | — | #31 | #713 |
| 1887 | 1,257 | — | #27 | — |
| 1886 | 1,237 | — | #28 | #867 |
| 1885 | 1,258 | — | #23 | #969 |
| 1884 | 1,253 | — | #23 | #673 |
| 1883 | 1,081 | — | #24 | — |
| 1882 | 1,076 | — | #21 | — |
| 1881 | 976 | — | #18 | #722 |
| 1880 | 1,051 | — | #15 | #835 |