Tora
Girl · TOR-a · Old Norse
Tora is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “thunder”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Tora mean?
Old Norse: Scandinavian feminine of Tor (Thor)
“thunder”
From Old Norse Thora, a feminine name linked to Thor, the Norse god of thunder.
- Say it
- TOR-a
Is Tora a girl's or a boy's name?
Tora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tora in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Tora, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tora in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Tora in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
How popular is Tora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Tora, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1976, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the girls named Tora in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,390 |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,124 |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,775 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 31 | #2,405 |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,680 |
| 1971 | 38 | #2,137 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,522 |
| 1969 | 25 | #2,645 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
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