Meaning not yet researched.
Ora: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 40 in 2025. Its best rank was #104 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #104 in 1881; #3,760 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ora in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,760 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #104.
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Ora: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 40 girls in 2025. Peak: #104 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 920 (1919).
In 2025, 40 US girls were named Ora, making it the 3,760th most common girls’ name of the year, down 317 places from #3,443 in 2024. That is 6 fewer than the 46 girls named Ora in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #104, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 920, in 1919. For comparison, it was #4,208 in 2015 and #491 in 1950.
Fewer than five US boys were named Ora in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #184, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 158, in 1919. For comparison, it was #13,521 in 2015 and #1,082 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ora in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 213 babies with the name. In all, 44,894 US babies have been given the name, 87% of them girls and 13% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 9,070 babies named Ora.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 385 US girls were named Ora; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 46. In 2025 that was about 1 in 40,182 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Nora (193,922 babies since 1880) and Ara (4,866 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ura, Orah and Orra 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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ura (578), Orah (291), Orra (146), Oraya (48), Ohara (26).
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 Ora in the open dataset we use.
Ora is listed as a nickname for Aurelia, Corinne, Orilla.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,760 | — | — |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,443 | 5 | #13,714 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,568 | — | — |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,753 | — | — |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,861 | — | — |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,140 | — | — |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,898 | 10 | #8,052 |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,659 | — | — |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,148 | — | — |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,217 | 5 | #13,663 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,208 | 5 | #13,521 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,134 | — | — |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,609 | — | — |
| 2012 | 15 | #8,118 | — | — |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,343 | 7 | #10,483 |
| 2010 | 18 | #7,146 | — | — |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,978 | — | — |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,307 | — | — |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,752 | — | — |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,756 | — | — |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,413 | 6 | #11,100 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,602 | — | — |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,541 | — | — |
| 2002 | 13 | #8,173 | — | — |
| 2001 | 13 | #8,073 | 6 | #10,190 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,927 | 5 | #11,676 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,601 | — | — |
| 1998 | 17 | #6,000 | — | — |
| 1997 | 16 | #6,092 | — | — |
| 1996 | 13 | #7,029 | 6 | #8,706 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,392 | — | — |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,913 | — | — |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,519 | 5 | #9,758 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,342 | 7 | #7,191 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,606 | — | — |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,332 | 5 | #9,116 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,468 | 6 | #7,647 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,370 | 9 | #5,099 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,944 | 8 | #5,313 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,329 | 6 | #6,502 |
| 1985 | 34 | #2,786 | 9 | #4,591 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,610 | 10 | #4,129 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,310 | 9 | #4,394 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,069 | 7 | #5,447 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,760 | 16 | #2,857 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,578 | 10 | #4,050 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,511 | 17 | #2,745 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,549 | 5 | #6,504 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,499 | 13 | #3,153 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,468 | 16 | #2,674 |
| 1975 | 48 | #1,894 | 11 | #3,377 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,332 | 12 | #3,077 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,819 | 8 | #3,965 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,690 | 13 | #2,781 |
| 1971 | 57 | #1,635 | 19 | #2,184 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,630 | 10 | #3,215 |
| 1969 | 60 | #1,540 | 19 | #1,961 |
| 1968 | 74 | #1,288 | 13 | #2,415 |
| 1967 | 71 | #1,295 | 18 | #1,884 |
| 1966 | 78 | #1,223 | 21 | #1,709 |
| 1965 | 91 | #1,104 | 13 | #2,341 |
| 1964 | 111 | #1,025 | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1963 | 111 | #1,014 | 13 | #2,380 |
| 1962 | 119 | #983 | 19 | #1,884 |
| 1961 | 158 | #841 | 24 | #1,675 |
| 1960 | 125 | #958 | 26 | #1,609 |
| 1959 | 173 | #776 | 23 | #1,697 |
| 1958 | 181 | #738 | 25 | #1,581 |
| 1957 | 196 | #711 | 25 | #1,618 |
| 1956 | 225 | #637 | 26 | #1,560 |
| 1955 | 226 | #619 | 36 | #1,267 |
| 1954 | 236 | #590 | 27 | #1,488 |
| 1953 | 237 | #572 | 37 | #1,240 |
| 1952 | 279 | #502 | 33 | #1,312 |
| 1951 | 268 | #503 | 28 | #1,425 |
| 1950 | 270 | #491 | 43 | #1,082 |
| 1949 | 340 | #430 | 37 | #1,177 |
| 1948 | 328 | #437 | 47 | #1,029 |
| 1947 | 347 | #440 | 37 | #1,206 |
| 1946 | 353 | #411 | 46 | #1,011 |
| 1945 | 325 | #395 | 52 | #876 |
| 1944 | 363 | #369 | 43 | #998 |
| 1943 | 396 | #362 | 57 | #890 |
| 1942 | 370 | #366 | 60 | #848 |
| 1941 | 411 | #323 | 42 | #999 |
| 1940 | 420 | #311 | 50 | #900 |
| 1939 | 438 | #294 | 57 | #808 |
| 1938 | 415 | #306 | 49 | #905 |
| 1937 | 459 | #287 | 67 | #748 |
| 1936 | 443 | #290 | 76 | #684 |
| 1935 | 502 | #271 | 66 | #761 |
| 1934 | 511 | #271 | 82 | #672 |
| 1933 | 553 | #261 | 52 | #864 |
| 1932 | 555 | #267 | 71 | #744 |
| 1931 | 563 | #257 | 87 | #637 |
| 1930 | 677 | #237 | 86 | #676 |
| 1929 | 633 | #249 | 84 | #671 |
| 1928 | 655 | #246 | 108 | #597 |
| 1927 | 791 | #225 | 109 | #593 |
| 1926 | 758 | #234 | 123 | #551 |
| 1925 | 833 | #223 | 118 | #575 |
| 1924 | 823 | #230 | 129 | #555 |
| 1923 | 788 | #232 | 104 | #628 |
| 1922 | 865 | #221 | 156 | #498 |
| 1921 | 835 | #225 | 143 | #520 |
| 1920 | 895 | #215 | 120 | #570 |
| 1919 | 920 | #203 | 158 | #477 |
| 1918 | 859 | #215 | 131 | #531 |
| 1917 | 887 | #204 | 129 | #506 |
| 1916 | 857 | #205 | 153 | #459 |
| 1915 | 803 | #206 | 134 | #481 |
| 1914 | 698 | #190 | 99 | #492 |
| 1913 | 622 | #182 | 84 | #473 |
| 1912 | 605 | #168 | 65 | #494 |
| 1911 | 513 | #158 | 42 | #455 |
| 1910 | 495 | #158 | 53 | #351 |
| 1909 | 473 | #149 | 40 | #382 |
| 1908 | 426 | #158 | 48 | #323 |
| 1907 | 424 | #153 | 30 | #427 |
| 1906 | 407 | #148 | 34 | #358 |
| 1905 | 431 | #138 | 39 | #321 |
| 1904 | 412 | #140 | 36 | #339 |
| 1903 | 399 | #138 | 34 | #328 |
| 1902 | 427 | #131 | 43 | #289 |
| 1901 | 400 | #127 | 34 | #308 |
| 1900 | 463 | #133 | 42 | #334 |
| 1899 | 357 | #131 | 29 | #333 |
| 1898 | 447 | #120 | 39 | #302 |
| 1897 | 408 | #122 | 44 | #266 |
| 1896 | 408 | #118 | 42 | #287 |
| 1895 | 416 | #117 | 52 | #250 |
| 1894 | 404 | #116 | 42 | #274 |
| 1893 | 350 | #124 | 35 | #298 |
| 1892 | 405 | #110 | 53 | #245 |
| 1891 | 327 | #121 | 51 | #224 |
| 1890 | 354 | #114 | 49 | #241 |
| 1889 | 346 | #111 | 47 | #240 |
| 1888 | 325 | #113 | 70 | #211 |
| 1887 | 231 | #125 | 63 | #194 |
| 1886 | 287 | #110 | 63 | #211 |
| 1885 | 218 | #120 | 58 | #209 |
| 1884 | 251 | #106 | 68 | #198 |
| 1883 | 212 | #109 | 65 | #184 |
| 1882 | 181 | #114 | 67 | #192 |
| 1881 | 191 | #104 | 55 | #207 |
| 1880 | 149 | #114 | 64 | #194 |
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).