Nora
Girl · NOR-a · Latin
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Nora is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “honour”. In 2025 it ranked 72nd for girls in the UK (707 babies) and 20th for girls in the US (6,380 babies).
What does Nora mean?
Latin: short form of Honora and Eleanora
“honour”
Nora Helmer is the heroine of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House.
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Is Nora a girl's or a boy's name?
Nora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 707 girls in the UK and 6,380 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Nora in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #72among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 707about 1 in 390 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.5%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 707 girls in the UK were named Nora, making it the 72nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 158th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 19 years. 2025 had the most girls named Nora of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nora in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 941 girls in the UK were given Nora or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #58, up from #72 for this spelling alone.
- Nora 707
- Norah 234
Among girls in 2025, it was 75th in England and Wales, 86th in Scotland and 43rd in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#55), 1914 (#47), 1924 (#57) and 2024 (#86).
Nora in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 707 | #72 |
| 2024 | 644 | #83 |
| 2023 | 521 | #107 |
| 2022 | 488 | #114 |
| 2021 | 472 | #119 |
| 2020 | 368 | #158 |
| 2019 | 360 | #157 |
| 2018 | 299 | #194 |
| 2017 | 223 | #248 |
| 2016 | 202 | #279 |
| 2015 | 173 | #302 |
| 2014 | 123 | #400 |
| 2013 | 99 | #465 |
| 2012 | 75 | #620 |
| 2011 | 63 | #688 |
| 2010 | 55 | #727 |
| 2009 | 51 | #770 |
| 2008 | 38 | #929 |
| 2007 | 36 | #924 |
| 2006 | 33 | #955 |
| 2005 | 35 | #863 |
| 2004 | 31 | #932 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 21 | #1,121 |
| 2001 | 22 | #1,042 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 24 | #969 |
| 1996 | 20 | #1,061 |
How popular is Nora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #20among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6,380about 1 in 250 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 5.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6,380 girls in the US were named Nora, making it the 20th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 30th. 6 boys were also named Nora in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Nora of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the girls named Nora in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 7,582 girls in the US were given Nora or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #19, up from #20 for this spelling alone.
Nora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,380 | #20 |
| 2024 | 6,148 | #22 |
| 2023 | 6,027 | #24 |
| 2022 | 6,148 | #28 |
| 2021 | 6,281 | #27 |
| 2020 | 5,583 | #30 |
| 2019 | 5,936 | #29 |
| 2018 | 5,837 | #30 |
| 2017 | 6,067 | #29 |
| 2016 | 5,593 | #36 |
| 2015 | 5,330 | #41 |
| 2014 | 4,741 | #49 |
| 2013 | 3,508 | #83 |
| 2012 | 2,890 | #108 |
| 2011 | 2,235 | #137 |
| 2010 | 1,939 | #159 |
| 2009 | 1,670 | #198 |
| 2008 | 1,560 | #216 |
| 2007 | 1,474 | #242 |
| 2006 | 1,385 | #245 |
| 2005 | 1,197 | #276 |
| 2004 | 1,043 | #306 |
| 2003 | 830 | #367 |
| 2002 | 601 | #471 |
| 2001 | 622 | #448 |
| 2000 | 540 | #500 |
| 1999 | 584 | #455 |
| 1998 | 540 | #476 |
| 1997 | 563 | #451 |
| 1996 | 557 | #449 |
| 1995 | 545 | #463 |
| 1994 | 530 | #474 |
| 1993 | 526 | #478 |
| 1992 | 524 | #470 |
| 1991 | 575 | #444 |
| 1990 | 588 | #431 |
| 1989 | 596 | #415 |
| 1988 | 606 | #397 |
| 1987 | 538 | #414 |
| 1986 | 485 | #445 |
| 1985 | 541 | #412 |
| 1984 | 559 | #391 |
| 1983 | 521 | #414 |
| 1982 | 564 | #406 |
| 1981 | 551 | #405 |
| 1980 | 571 | #400 |
| 1979 | 536 | #404 |
| 1978 | 584 | #366 |
| 1977 | 517 | #402 |
| 1976 | 517 | #396 |
| 1975 | 552 | #377 |
| 1974 | 587 | #366 |
| 1973 | 573 | #369 |
| 1972 | 604 | #364 |
| 1971 | 624 | #375 |
| 1970 | 676 | #365 |
| 1969 | 709 | #336 |
| 1968 | 696 | #329 |
| 1967 | 727 | #325 |
| 1966 | 850 | #299 |
| 1965 | 881 | #302 |
| 1964 | 1,050 | #279 |
| 1963 | 1,067 | #278 |
| 1962 | 1,076 | #274 |
| 1961 | 1,120 | #272 |
| 1960 | 1,345 | #237 |
| 1959 | 1,276 | #241 |
| 1958 | 1,178 | #253 |
| 1957 | 1,162 | #250 |
| 1956 | 1,170 | #244 |
| 1955 | 1,047 | #255 |
| 1954 | 1,161 | #237 |
| 1953 | 1,148 | #238 |
| 1952 | 1,122 | #234 |
| 1951 | 1,160 | #223 |
| 1950 | 1,116 | #225 |
| 1949 | 1,198 | #218 |
| 1948 | 1,086 | #225 |
| 1947 | 1,096 | #225 |
| 1946 | 970 | #229 |
| 1945 | 833 | #228 |
| 1944 | 841 | #225 |
| 1943 | 856 | #230 |
| 1942 | 837 | #228 |
| 1941 | 845 | #209 |
| 1940 | 843 | #209 |
| 1939 | 859 | #204 |
| 1938 | 857 | #203 |
| 1937 | 842 | #202 |
| 1936 | 791 | #210 |
| 1935 | 910 | #192 |
| 1934 | 888 | #200 |
| 1933 | 891 | #193 |
| 1932 | 969 | #189 |
| 1931 | 904 | #202 |
| 1930 | 1,015 | #190 |
| 1929 | 1,016 | #193 |
| 1928 | 1,082 | #190 |
| 1927 | 1,078 | #189 |
| 1926 | 1,203 | #176 |
| 1925 | 1,317 | #171 |
| 1924 | 1,335 | #172 |
| 1923 | 1,221 | #180 |
| 1922 | 1,219 | #180 |
| 1921 | 1,350 | #167 |
| 1920 | 1,477 | #157 |
| 1919 | 1,372 | #161 |
| 1918 | 1,382 | #161 |
| 1917 | 1,360 | #154 |
| 1916 | 1,314 | #154 |
| 1915 | 1,293 | #144 |
| 1914 | 1,038 | #143 |
| 1913 | 890 | #135 |
| 1912 | 882 | #129 |
| 1911 | 779 | #116 |
| 1910 | 753 | #111 |
| 1909 | 670 | #107 |
| 1908 | 648 | #110 |
| 1907 | 676 | #104 |
| 1906 | 644 | #101 |
| 1905 | 742 | #92 |
| 1904 | 698 | #93 |
| 1903 | 724 | #87 |
| 1902 | 724 | #86 |
| 1901 | 727 | #81 |
| 1900 | 919 | #83 |
| 1899 | 709 | #80 |
| 1898 | 868 | #74 |
| 1897 | 812 | #71 |
| 1896 | 844 | #71 |
| 1895 | 846 | #70 |
| 1894 | 854 | #68 |
| 1893 | 825 | #67 |
| 1892 | 899 | #63 |
| 1891 | 801 | #63 |
| 1890 | 835 | #63 |
| 1889 | 831 | #60 |
| 1888 | 832 | #61 |
| 1887 | 735 | #56 |
| 1886 | 708 | #56 |
| 1885 | 670 | #56 |
| 1884 | 648 | #56 |
| 1883 | 589 | #55 |
| 1882 | 539 | #58 |
| 1881 | 498 | #55 |
| 1880 | 471 | #55 |
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