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Zora

Gender
Unisex
Say it
ZOR-a
Origin
Slavic
UK rank, 2025
#1,570 for girls
US rank, 2025
#968 for girls

Unisex

Zora is a name of Slavic origin, meaning “dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 968th for girls in the US (264 babies).

What does Zora mean?

Slavic

“dawn”

Slavic for dawn; Zora Neale Hurston, author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, is a famous bearer.

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

In recent years, Zora has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls and 22 boys in the UK and 264 girls and 9 boys in the US.

How popular is Zora in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,570among girls
Babies in 2025
20about 1 in 14,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Zora, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 29 girls. 22 boys were also named Zora in 2025 (1,337th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Zora in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were given Zora or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,199, up from #1,570 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 73% of the babies named Zora in the UK in 2015, and 48% in 2025.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.

1999Busiest: 29 in 20212025
Zora in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202520#1,570
202413#2,175
202323#1,451
202215#1,957
202129#1,231
202021#1,526
201911#2,420
201817#1,810
20177#3,395
20164#4,980
201511#2,458
20144#4,888
20130–
20127#3,471
20113#6,007
20101#7,520
20095#4,141
20084#4,742
20075#3,858
20064#4,357
20055#3,543
20045#3,356
20030–
20020–
20015#2,928
20000–
19993#4,041

How popular is Zora in the US?

Rank in 2025
#968among girls
Babies in 2025
264about 1 in 6,100 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 264 girls in the US were named Zora, making it the 968th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 873rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 353 girls. 9 boys were also named Zora in 2025 (8,239th for boys).

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zora than any year since 2017.

Half of all the girls named Zora in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 310 girls in the US were given Zora or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #827, up from #968 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 353 in 20192025
Zora in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025264#968
2024290#914
2023313#853
2022332#843
2021338#822
2020308#873
2019353#786
2018270#979
2017206#1,187
2016164#1,412
2015140#1,566
2014139#1,562
201399#1,977
2012109#1,846
201194#2,058
201088#2,202
200987#2,244
2008112#1,890
2007104#1,971
200698#2,016
200598#1,949
2004102#1,854
2003117#1,640
200262#2,524
200165#2,407
200032#3,881
199926#4,309
199820#5,119
199725#4,236
199616#5,766
199524#4,212
199415#5,978
199316#5,667
199214#6,307
199112#6,969
19908#9,241
198910#7,443
19880–
19877#8,773
19869#7,130
19857#8,315
19840–
19830–
198210#6,369
19817#8,126
198013#5,244
19799#6,694
19788#6,946
19779#6,338
19767#7,294
197511#5,159
197414#4,226
19739#5,578
197212#4,522
197114#4,121
19700–
196910#4,722
196811#4,221
196715#3,339
19667#5,272
196515#3,263
19647#5,473
196314#3,457
196214#3,437
196120#2,751
196019#2,819
195911#3,826
195819#2,662
195730#1,988
195624#2,248
195534#1,802
195424#2,185
195347#1,423
195235#1,640
195135#1,610
195031#1,678
194935#1,563
194849#1,312
194736#1,575
194638#1,418
194541#1,248
194451#1,089
194345#1,205
194239#1,278
194152#1,013
194049#1,023
193955#953
193861#905
193749#1,002
193659#888
193562#874
193472#791
193357#895
193270#816
193173#793
193093#726
192972#835
192881#794
192792#747
192693#744
1925114#688
1924122#673
1923130#647
1922128#647
1921136#632
1920135#613
1919117#641
1918134#608
1917135#586
1916152#538
1915169#474
1914120#509
191390#534
191299#479
191182#450
191057#539
190957#496
190859#468
190792#368
190664#428
190555#455
190454#438
190383#346
190258#403
190158#385
190099#337
189956#387
189865#385
189767#356
189672#343
189555#376
189466#341
189367#327
189266#328
189152#348
189060#326
188953#341
188842#369
188746#314
188652#285
188548#290
188458#257
188335#294
188232#314
188121#360
188028#294

Names like Zora

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

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Other spellings of Zora

Zorah

Names related to Zora

Zohra Ziora Zoraya Zori Zoriah Zoria

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Zora: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zora, updated 20 October 2026.