Norah is an established variant of Nora that peaked in 2017 and remains in steady use.
Norah is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #262 for girl births in the United States (and #553 across all names), given to 1,191 babies. Norah was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2017 (2,156 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,191 | 1,191 | #262 | — |
| 2024 | 1,384 | 1,384 | #223 | — |
| 2023 | 1,488 | 1,488 | #201 | — |
| 2022 | 1,539 | 1,539 | #192 | — |
| 2021 | 1,791 | 1,791 | #160 | — |
| 2020 | 1,810 | 1,810 | #152 | — |
| 2019 | 1,975 | 1,975 | #144 | — |
| 2018 | 2,013 | 2,013 | #140 | — |
| 2017 | 2,156 | 2,156 | #137 | — |
| 2016 | 2,026 | 2,026 | #154 | — |
| 2015 | 2,032 | 2,032 | #159 | — |
| 2014 | 2,007 | 2,007 | #163 | — |
| 2013 | 1,725 | 1,725 | #188 | — |
| 2012 | 1,502 | 1,502 | #210 | — |
| 2011 | 1,217 | 1,217 | #264 | — |
| 2010 | 1,091 | 1,091 | #298 | — |
| 2009 | 959 | 959 | #343 | — |
| 2008 | 666 | 666 | #476 | — |
| 2007 | 689 | 689 | #468 | — |
| 2006 | 591 | 591 | #516 | — |
| 2005 | 558 | 558 | #524 | — |
| 2004 | 482 | 482 | #591 | #10,942 |
| 2003 | 303 | 303 | #818 | — |
| 2002 | 96 | 96 | #1,861 | — |
| 2001 | 64 | 64 | #2,453 | — |
| 2000 | 57 | 57 | #2,627 | — |
| 1999 | 44 | 44 | #3,035 | — |
| 1998 | 42 | 42 | #3,056 | — |
| 1997 | 24 | — | #4,477 | — |
| 1996 | 36 | — | #3,284 | — |
| 1995 | 29 | — | #3,748 | — |
| 1994 | 31 | — | #3,588 | — |
| 1993 | 35 | — | #3,269 | — |
| 1992 | 39 | — | #3,019 | — |
| 1991 | 39 | — | #2,974 | — |
| 1990 | 38 | — | #3,006 | — |
| 1989 | 42 | — | #2,703 | — |
| 1988 | 38 | — | #2,779 | — |
| 1987 | 27 | — | #3,387 | — |
| 1986 | 30 | — | #3,109 | — |
| 1985 | 28 | — | #3,215 | — |
| 1984 | 37 | — | #2,555 | — |
| 1983 | 31 | — | #2,835 | — |
| 1982 | 27 | — | #3,232 | — |
| 1981 | 35 | — | #2,641 | — |
| 1980 | 32 | — | #2,845 | — |
| 1979 | 33 | — | #2,709 | — |
| 1978 | 23 | — | #3,353 | — |
| 1977 | 20 | — | #3,716 | — |
| 1976 | 30 | — | #2,643 | — |
| 1975 | 29 | — | #2,661 | — |
| 1974 | 23 | — | #3,064 | — |
| 1973 | 24 | — | #2,887 | — |
| 1972 | 22 | — | #3,027 | — |
| 1971 | 18 | — | #3,610 | — |
| 1970 | 16 | — | #3,825 | — |
| 1969 | 14 | — | #3,915 | — |
| 1968 | 17 | — | #3,269 | — |
| 1967 | 21 | — | #2,759 | — |
| 1966 | 19 | — | #2,914 | — |
| 1965 | 19 | — | #2,896 | — |
| 1964 | 21 | — | #2,800 | — |
| 1963 | 25 | — | #2,469 | — |
| 1962 | 24 | — | #2,513 | — |
| 1961 | 28 | — | #2,284 | — |
| 1960 | 25 | — | #2,415 | — |
| 1959 | 16 | — | #3,070 | — |
| 1958 | 35 | — | #1,866 | — |
| 1957 | 21 | — | #2,541 | — |
| 1956 | 13 | — | #3,453 | — |
| 1955 | 30 | — | #2,262 | #3,773 |
| 1954 | 19 | — | #2,571 | — |
| 1953 | 37 | — | #1,772 | #4,197 |
| 1952 | 22 | — | #2,763 | #3,626 |
| 1951 | 36 | — | #1,601 | — |
| 1950 | 27 | — | #2,105 | #4,048 |
| 1949 | 34 | — | #1,796 | #4,069 |
| 1948 | 29 | — | #2,110 | #3,226 |
| 1947 | 24 | — | #2,030 | — |
| 1946 | 26 | — | #2,075 | #3,873 |
| 1945 | 26 | — | #1,650 | — |
| 1944 | 15 | — | #2,366 | — |
| 1943 | 24 | — | #2,059 | #3,902 |
| 1942 | 23 | — | #1,792 | — |
| 1941 | 16 | — | #2,796 | #3,861 |
| 1940 | 21 | — | #2,079 | #3,802 |
| 1939 | 17 | — | #2,542 | #3,828 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | #2,197 | — |
| 1937 | 11 | — | #2,685 | — |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,624 | — |
| 1935 | 12 | — | #2,538 | — |
| 1934 | 21 | — | #2,151 | #3,566 |
| 1933 | 24 | — | #2,247 | #2,494 |
| 1932 | 21 | — | #2,459 | #3,023 |
| 1931 | 17 | — | #2,009 | — |
| 1930 | 13 | — | #2,523 | — |
| 1929 | 18 | — | #1,999 | — |
| 1928 | 20 | — | #1,948 | — |
| 1927 | 23 | — | #1,808 | — |
| 1926 | 16 | — | #3,000 | #4,639 |
| 1925 | 31 | — | #1,835 | #3,322 |
| 1924 | 33 | — | #1,670 | #4,207 |
| 1923 | 27 | — | #2,141 | #3,105 |
| 1922 | 20 | — | #2,007 | — |
| 1921 | 19 | — | #2,598 | #4,788 |
| 1920 | 23 | — | #1,792 | — |
| 1919 | 31 | — | #1,688 | #3,644 |
| 1918 | 22 | — | #1,793 | — |
| 1917 | 25 | — | #1,542 | — |
| 1916 | 14 | — | #2,337 | — |
| 1915 | 22 | — | #1,605 | — |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,424 | — |
| 1913 | 18 | — | #1,393 | — |
| 1912 | 10 | — | #1,945 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,751 | — |
| 1910 | 12 | — | #1,403 | — |
| 1909 | 9 | — | #1,568 | — |
| 1908 | 11 | — | #1,325 | — |
| 1907 | 9 | — | #1,478 | — |
| 1906 | 12 | — | #1,140 | — |
| 1905 | 10 | — | #1,282 | — |
| 1904 | 7 | — | #1,612 | — |
| 1903 | 11 | — | #1,122 | — |
| 1902 | 16 | — | #897 | — |
| 1901 | 11 | — | #1,053 | — |
| 1900 | 18 | — | #911 | — |
| 1899 | 10 | — | #1,081 | — |
| 1898 | 11 | — | #1,086 | — |
| 1897 | 22 | — | #672 | — |
| 1896 | 18 | — | #781 | — |
| 1895 | 18 | — | #761 | — |
| 1894 | 13 | — | #891 | — |
| 1893 | 16 | — | #757 | — |
| 1892 | 11 | — | #948 | — |
| 1891 | 16 | — | #688 | — |
| 1890 | 11 | — | #861 | — |
| 1889 | 7 | — | #1,107 | — |
| 1888 | 15 | — | #682 | — |
| 1887 | 9 | — | #834 | — |
| 1886 | 12 | — | #685 | — |
| 1885 | 15 | — | #569 | — |
| 1884 | 12 | — | #633 | — |
| 1883 | 20 | — | #432 | — |
| 1882 | 13 | — | #523 | — |
| 1881 | 13 | — | #485 | — |
| 1880 | 9 | — | #618 | — |