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Ora

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Ora is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).

What does Ora mean?

Latin

A diminutive of the female given name Aurelia, from Latin, variant of Aura. Mainly used in the U.S.A. in the latter half of the 19th century.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Ora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ora in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,409among girls
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Ora, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 9 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ora in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.

2006Busiest: 9 in 20162025
Ora in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
20240–
20235#4,251
20224#4,870
20217#3,338
20209#2,766
20196#3,738
20183#5,896
20171#7,682
20169#2,893
20157#3,433
20143#5,920
20135#4,267
20123#6,108
20115#4,244
20100–
20093#5,801
20080–
20073#5,415
20063#5,259

How popular is Ora in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,711among girls
Babies in 2025
40about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Ora, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 920 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ora in the US since 1880 were born between 1908 and 1936, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 50 girls in the US were given Ora or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,569, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 70% of the babies named Ora in the US in 1880, and 90% in 2024.

1880Busiest: 920 in 19192025
Ora in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202540#3,711
202446#3,395
202344#3,524
202241#3,701
202139#3,800
202034#4,077
201938#3,850
201842#3,613
201726#5,043
201635#4,156
201535#4,143
201427#5,023
201324#5,484
201215#7,800
201117#7,115
201018#6,901
200916#7,676
200822#6,127
200720#6,548
200612#9,282
200516#7,133
200413#8,254
200311#9,043
200213#7,810
200113#7,717
200013#7,574
199913#7,233
199817#5,794
199716#5,864
199613#6,718
199512#7,036
199416#5,707
199314#6,257
199224#4,229
199122#4,491
199010#7,874
198921#4,352
198829#3,301
198722#3,854
198627#3,275
198534#2,748
198436#2,573
198325#3,241
198229#3,016
198133#2,723
198037#2,537
197937#2,477
197834#2,516
197735#2,463
197633#2,439
197548#1,877
197434#2,290
197347#1,805
197253#1,674
197157#1,625
197058#1,619
196960#1,531
196874#1,279
196771#1,281
196678#1,213
196591#1,097
1964111#1,021
1963111#1,010
1962119#978
1961158#840
1960125#953
1959173#773
1958181#736
1957196#707
1956225#635
1955226#616
1954236#587
1953237#570
1952279#501
1951268#501
1950270#490
1949340#429
1948328#437
1947347#440
1946353#408
1945325#395
1944363#369
1943396#362
1942370#366
1941411#323
1940420#309
1939438#294
1938415#306
1937459#287
1936443#290
1935502#271
1934511#271
1933553#261
1932555#267
1931563#257
1930677#237
1929633#249
1928655#246
1927791#225
1926758#233
1925833#223
1924823#229
1923788#232
1922865#220
1921835#225
1920895#214
1919920#203
1918859#215
1917887#204
1916857#205
1915803#206
1914698#190
1913622#182
1912605#168
1911513#158
1910495#157
1909473#149
1908426#158
1907424#153
1906407#148
1905431#138
1904412#140
1903399#138
1902427#131
1901400#127
1900463#133
1899357#131
1898447#120
1897408#121
1896408#118
1895416#117
1894404#116
1893350#124
1892405#110
1891327#121
1890354#113
1889346#110
1888325#113
1887231#125
1886287#109
1885218#120
1884251#106
1883212#109
1882181#114
1881191#104
1880149#114

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