Nora is one of America's most popular girls' names, ranked #20 in 2025.
Nora is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #20 among girls (6,380) and #11,617 among boys (6) — overall #63 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,386 | 6,386 | #20 | #11,617 |
| 2024 | 6,148 | 6,148 | #22 | — |
| 2023 | 6,027 | 6,027 | #24 | — |
| 2022 | 6,148 | 6,148 | #28 | — |
| 2021 | 6,281 | 6,281 | #27 | — |
| 2020 | 5,589 | 5,589 | #30 | #11,595 |
| 2019 | 5,936 | 5,936 | #29 | — |
| 2018 | 5,844 | 5,844 | #30 | #10,431 |
| 2017 | 6,067 | 6,067 | #29 | — |
| 2016 | 5,593 | 5,593 | #36 | — |
| 2015 | 5,330 | 5,330 | #41 | — |
| 2014 | 4,746 | 4,746 | #49 | #13,476 |
| 2013 | 3,508 | 3,508 | #83 | — |
| 2012 | 2,890 | 2,890 | #108 | — |
| 2011 | 2,235 | 2,235 | #137 | — |
| 2010 | 1,939 | 1,939 | #159 | — |
| 2009 | 1,670 | 1,670 | #198 | — |
| 2008 | 1,560 | 1,560 | #216 | — |
| 2007 | 1,474 | 1,474 | #242 | — |
| 2006 | 1,385 | 1,385 | #245 | — |
| 2005 | 1,197 | 1,197 | #276 | — |
| 2004 | 1,043 | 1,043 | #306 | — |
| 2003 | 835 | 835 | #367 | #12,208 |
| 2002 | 601 | 601 | #471 | — |
| 2001 | 622 | 622 | #448 | — |
| 2000 | 540 | 540 | #502 | — |
| 1999 | 584 | 584 | #455 | — |
| 1998 | 540 | 540 | #477 | — |
| 1997 | 563 | — | #451 | — |
| 1996 | 557 | — | #450 | — |
| 1995 | 550 | — | #463 | #9,880 |
| 1994 | 530 | — | #474 | — |
| 1993 | 526 | — | #479 | — |
| 1992 | 524 | — | #472 | — |
| 1991 | 575 | — | #444 | — |
| 1990 | 593 | — | #431 | #9,099 |
| 1989 | 606 | — | #415 | #5,073 |
| 1988 | 606 | — | #397 | — |
| 1987 | 546 | — | #414 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 490 | — | #446 | #7,501 |
| 1985 | 547 | — | #412 | #6,293 |
| 1984 | 559 | — | #391 | — |
| 1983 | 529 | — | #415 | #4,787 |
| 1982 | 564 | — | #407 | — |
| 1981 | 557 | — | #405 | #6,025 |
| 1980 | 580 | — | #400 | #4,397 |
| 1979 | 536 | — | #404 | — |
| 1978 | 584 | — | #366 | — |
| 1977 | 517 | — | #403 | — |
| 1976 | 517 | — | #396 | — |
| 1975 | 552 | — | #377 | — |
| 1974 | 587 | — | #367 | — |
| 1973 | 573 | — | #369 | — |
| 1972 | 604 | — | #364 | — |
| 1971 | 629 | — | #375 | #5,438 |
| 1970 | 676 | — | #366 | — |
| 1969 | 709 | — | #336 | — |
| 1968 | 703 | — | #329 | #3,586 |
| 1967 | 732 | — | #325 | #4,380 |
| 1966 | 855 | — | #299 | #4,359 |
| 1965 | 889 | — | #302 | #3,171 |
| 1964 | 1,059 | — | #280 | #2,996 |
| 1963 | 1,074 | — | #278 | #3,559 |
| 1962 | 1,076 | — | #274 | — |
| 1961 | 1,129 | — | #272 | #3,040 |
| 1960 | 1,356 | — | #238 | #2,644 |
| 1959 | 1,285 | — | #241 | #2,979 |
| 1958 | 1,184 | — | #253 | #3,813 |
| 1957 | 1,168 | — | #251 | #3,851 |
| 1956 | 1,178 | — | #244 | #3,125 |
| 1955 | 1,053 | — | #255 | #3,772 |
| 1954 | 1,161 | — | #237 | — |
| 1953 | 1,158 | — | #238 | #2,665 |
| 1952 | 1,130 | — | #234 | #3,034 |
| 1951 | 1,170 | — | #223 | #2,612 |
| 1950 | 1,116 | — | #225 | — |
| 1949 | 1,206 | — | #218 | #2,952 |
| 1948 | 1,086 | — | #225 | — |
| 1947 | 1,108 | — | #225 | #2,328 |
| 1946 | 975 | — | #229 | #3,872 |
| 1945 | 845 | — | #228 | #2,098 |
| 1944 | 841 | — | #225 | — |
| 1943 | 864 | — | #230 | #2,895 |
| 1942 | 849 | — | #228 | #2,229 |
| 1941 | 856 | — | #209 | #2,294 |
| 1940 | 850 | — | #209 | #3,050 |
| 1939 | 864 | — | #204 | #3,827 |
| 1938 | 869 | — | #203 | #2,151 |
| 1937 | 856 | — | #202 | #1,968 |
| 1936 | 801 | — | #210 | #2,407 |
| 1935 | 922 | — | #192 | #2,212 |
| 1934 | 901 | — | #200 | #2,090 |
| 1933 | 903 | — | #193 | #2,185 |
| 1932 | 983 | — | #189 | #2,063 |
| 1931 | 916 | — | #202 | #2,295 |
| 1930 | 1,026 | — | #190 | #2,563 |
| 1929 | 1,031 | — | #193 | #2,072 |
| 1928 | 1,091 | — | #191 | #3,002 |
| 1927 | 1,092 | — | #189 | #2,266 |
| 1926 | 1,214 | — | #176 | #2,677 |
| 1925 | 1,326 | — | #171 | #3,073 |
| 1924 | 1,347 | — | #172 | #2,581 |
| 1923 | 1,231 | — | #180 | #2,888 |
| 1922 | 1,235 | — | #180 | #2,116 |
| 1921 | 1,358 | — | #167 | #3,412 |
| 1920 | 1,494 | — | #157 | #2,026 |
| 1919 | 1,384 | — | #161 | #2,468 |
| 1918 | 1,390 | — | #161 | #3,292 |
| 1917 | 1,376 | — | #154 | #1,959 |
| 1916 | 1,326 | — | #154 | #2,361 |
| 1915 | 1,303 | — | #144 | #2,567 |
| 1914 | 1,050 | — | #143 | #1,938 |
| 1913 | 898 | — | #135 | #2,216 |
| 1912 | 895 | — | #130 | #1,404 |
| 1911 | 788 | — | #116 | #1,259 |
| 1910 | 763 | — | #111 | #1,097 |
| 1909 | 678 | — | #107 | #1,135 |
| 1908 | 648 | — | #110 | — |
| 1907 | 683 | — | #104 | #1,174 |
| 1906 | 654 | — | #101 | #836 |
| 1905 | 753 | — | #92 | #777 |
| 1904 | 703 | — | #93 | #1,346 |
| 1903 | 730 | — | #87 | #1,093 |
| 1902 | 732 | — | #86 | #904 |
| 1901 | 727 | — | #81 | — |
| 1900 | 928 | — | #83 | #951 |
| 1899 | 709 | — | #80 | — |
| 1898 | 873 | — | #74 | #1,252 |
| 1897 | 819 | — | #71 | #911 |
| 1896 | 844 | — | #71 | — |
| 1895 | 852 | — | #70 | #1,045 |
| 1894 | 861 | — | #68 | #926 |
| 1893 | 831 | — | #67 | #997 |
| 1892 | 906 | — | #63 | #926 |
| 1891 | 801 | — | #63 | — |
| 1890 | 840 | — | #63 | #1,111 |
| 1889 | 831 | — | #60 | — |
| 1888 | 839 | — | #61 | #890 |
| 1887 | 743 | — | #56 | #726 |
| 1886 | 716 | — | #56 | #743 |
| 1885 | 678 | — | #56 | #746 |
| 1884 | 648 | — | #56 | — |
| 1883 | 589 | — | #55 | — |
| 1882 | 539 | — | #58 | — |
| 1881 | 498 | — | #55 | — |
| 1880 | 476 | — | #56 | #1,022 |