Meaning not yet researched.
Cora: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,428 in 2025. Its best rank was #15 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #15 in 1880; #113 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Cora in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#113 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #15.
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Cora: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,428 girls in 2025. Peak: #15 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 3,602 (2019).
In 2025, 2,428 US girls were named Cora, making it the 113th most common girls’ name of the year, down 10 places from #103 in 2024. That is 152 fewer than the 2,580 girls named Cora in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #15, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 3,602, in 2019. For comparison, it was #88 in 2015 and #289 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Cora in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 1,051 babies with the name. In all, 156,415 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 27,827 babies named Cora.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 30,897 US girls were named Cora; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 3,602. In 2025 that was about 1 in 662 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Cora ranked highest in Rhode Island in 2025, at #36 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 23 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Kora (9,541 babies since 1880) and Korra (2,135 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Korah, Corah and Corra are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Korah (797), Corah (437), Corra (424), Koray (130), Kura (64), Coray (54), Quora (19), Cura (11), Corrah (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Cora in the open dataset we use.
Cora is listed as a nickname for Corinne.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 17 | #36 | #71 |
| Minnesota | 78 | #50 | #29 |
| South Dakota | 15 | #51 | #66 |
| Iowa | 44 | #55 | #24 |
| Wisconsin | 68 | #56 | #43 |
| Maine | 15 | #60 | #30 |
| North Dakota | 13 | #60 | #22 |
| Connecticut | 38 | #64 | #114 |
| District of Columbia | 10 | #68 | #54 |
| Nebraska | 25 | #73 | #26 |
| Pennsylvania | 120 | #73 | #61 |
| Idaho | 25 | #75 | #48 |
| Ohio | 115 | #76 | #46 |
| Washington | 76 | #77 | #44 |
| Virginia | 80 | #82 | #58 |
| New Hampshire | 14 | #83 | #70 |
| Maryland | 48 | #85 | #110 |
| Colorado | 56 | #89 | #50 |
| Oregon | 35 | #90 | #58 |
| Montana | 10 | #91 | #35 |
| West Virginia | 16 | #94 | #115 |
| Michigan | 79 | #97 | #80 |
| Arkansas | 28 | #97 | #87 |
| Indiana | 63 | #102 | #47 |
| Massachusetts | 49 | #107 | #67 |
| Kentucky | 40 | #108 | #77 |
| Missouri | 54 | #108 | #45 |
| Kansas | 29 | #109 | #34 |
| Alaska | 6 | #115 | #46 |
| North Carolina | 82 | #121 | #78 |
| Oklahoma | 29 | #122 | #74 |
| Tennessee | 60 | #122 | #99 |
| Delaware | 7 | #126 | #154 |
| Illinois | 73 | #130 | #102 |
| New Jersey | 60 | #130 | #223 |
| Utah | 33 | #136 | #51 |
| South Carolina | 32 | #139 | #106 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #143 | #106 |
| Florida | 117 | #152 | #170 |
| Arizona | 41 | #155 | #120 |
| New York | 102 | #159 | #137 |
| Georgia | 63 | #160 | #153 |
| Alabama | 27 | #161 | #123 |
| Mississippi | 15 | #168 | #379 |
| Texas | 187 | #176 | #157 |
| California | 177 | #186 | #145 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #190 | #123 |
| Louisiana | 22 | #198 | #173 |
| Nevada | 13 | #200 | #201 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,428 | #113 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2,580 | #103 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,751 | #93 | — | — |
| 2022 | 3,076 | #75 | — | — |
| 2021 | 3,008 | #87 | — | — |
| 2020 | 3,036 | #88 | — | — |
| 2019 | 3,602 | #71 | — | — |
| 2018 | 3,596 | #73 | — | — |
| 2017 | 3,446 | #83 | — | — |
| 2016 | 3,374 | #87 | — | — |
| 2015 | 3,403 | #88 | 6 | #10,943 |
| 2014 | 2,967 | #103 | 5 | #12,441 |
| 2013 | 2,586 | #127 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,081 | #155 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,555 | #203 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,206 | #275 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,100 | #303 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,041 | #323 | — | — |
| 2007 | 918 | #353 | — | — |
| 2006 | 844 | #384 | — | — |
| 2005 | 673 | #452 | — | — |
| 2004 | 698 | #437 | — | — |
| 2003 | 695 | #434 | — | — |
| 2002 | 608 | #467 | — | — |
| 2001 | 604 | #460 | — | — |
| 2000 | 564 | #481 | — | — |
| 1999 | 529 | #491 | — | — |
| 1998 | 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 | 222 | #687 | 5 | #5,039 |
| 1970 | 234 | #678 | — | — |
| 1969 | 201 | #703 | 9 | #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 | 848 | #264 | 6 | #3,380 |
| 1948 | 837 | #266 | — | — |
| 1947 | 848 | #259 | — | — |
| 1946 | 800 | #251 | — | — |
| 1945 | 752 | #244 | 5 | #3,408 |
| 1944 | 816 | #231 | — | — |
| 1943 | 874 | #225 | — | — |
| 1942 | 1,002 | #202 | 8 | #2,751 |
| 1941 | 1,007 | #186 | 5 | #3,600 |
| 1940 | 965 | #191 | 10 | #2,356 |
| 1939 | 1,040 | #183 | — | — |
| 1938 | 1,131 | #178 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1937 | 1,141 | #176 | — | — |
| 1936 | 1,008 | #181 | 11 | #2,203 |
| 1935 | 1,071 | #175 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1934 | 1,112 | #168 | 5 | #3,777 |
| 1933 | 1,157 | #157 | 13 | #2,010 |
| 1932 | 1,136 | #169 | 6 | #3,455 |
| 1931 | 1,185 | #160 | 10 | #2,511 |
| 1930 | 1,272 | #161 | 8 | #3,073 |
| 1929 | 1,389 | #153 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1928 | 1,393 | #155 | 14 | #2,183 |
| 1927 | 1,493 | #158 | 7 | #3,519 |
| 1926 | 1,477 | #158 | — | — |
| 1925 | 1,679 | #150 | 6 | #3,827 |
| 1924 | 1,630 | #155 | 8 | #3,316 |
| 1923 | 1,691 | #149 | 7 | #3,532 |
| 1922 | 1,762 | #140 | 6 | #3,944 |
| 1921 | 1,828 | #140 | 5 | #4,472 |
| 1920 | 1,819 | #137 | — | — |
| 1919 | 1,940 | #122 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 1918 | 1,916 | #124 | 10 | #2,727 |
| 1917 | 1,737 | #126 | 17 | #1,835 |
| 1916 | 1,899 | #114 | 11 | #2,413 |
| 1915 | 1,683 | #119 | 8 | #2,871 |
| 1914 | 1,500 | #105 | 5 | #3,351 |
| 1913 | 1,288 | #103 | — | — |
| 1912 | 1,253 | #98 | 5 | #2,626 |
| 1911 | 1,022 | #91 | — | — |
| 1910 | 1,079 | #85 | 5 | #1,642 |
| 1909 | 969 | #85 | — | — |
| 1908 | 962 | #83 | 7 | #1,134 |
| 1907 | 969 | #80 | 8 | #1,015 |
| 1906 | 952 | #77 | 7 | #1,031 |
| 1905 | 1,044 | #72 | — | — |
| 1904 | 993 | #70 | — | — |
| 1903 | 986 | #70 | 9 | #800 |
| 1902 | 1,081 | #62 | — | — |
| 1901 | 1,027 | #58 | — | — |
| 1900 | 1,389 | #55 | 8 | #981 |
| 1899 | 1,056 | #58 | — | — |
| 1898 | 1,304 | #51 | — | — |
| 1897 | 1,246 | #49 | — | — |
| 1896 | 1,204 | #52 | — | — |
| 1895 | 1,295 | #49 | 9 | #749 |
| 1894 | 1,319 | #46 | 7 | #880 |
| 1893 | 1,308 | #44 | — | — |
| 1892 | 1,419 | #39 | 5 | #1,101 |
| 1891 | 1,343 | #35 | 6 | #866 |
| 1890 | 1,386 | #36 | 9 | #678 |
| 1889 | 1,365 | #32 | 7 | #815 |
| 1888 | 1,433 | #31 | 9 | #713 |
| 1887 | 1,257 | #27 | — | — |
| 1886 | 1,231 | #28 | 6 | #867 |
| 1885 | 1,253 | #23 | 5 | #969 |
| 1884 | 1,244 | #23 | 9 | #673 |
| 1883 | 1,081 | #24 | — | — |
| 1882 | 1,076 | #21 | — | — |
| 1881 | 969 | #18 | 7 | #722 |
| 1880 | 1,045 | #15 | 6 | #835 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).