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Nore

Gender
Boy
Say it
NOR
US rank, 2025
#7,675 for boys

Nore is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).

What does Nore mean?

Source uncertain

Nore is also the name of a river in south-east Ireland that flows through Kilkenny.

Is Nore a girl's or a boy's name?

Nore is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 10 boys in the US.

How popular is Nore in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,675among boys
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 170,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Nore, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002. 6 girls were also named Nore in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).

Half of all the boys named Nore in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

2002Busiest: 15 in 20202025
Nore in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202510#7,675
20246#10,930
202313#6,512
202210#7,762
202111#7,084
202015#5,695
20196#10,797
20185#12,150
20170–
20165#12,180
20155#12,080
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20055#11,464
20045#11,348
20036#9,574
20025#10,660

Names like Nore

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Nore

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Nore: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nore, updated 20 October 2026.