Girls' name · since 1923
Anora
Anora has 1,204 recorded births since 1923 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,599 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,486 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,204
- born since 1923
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anora currently ranks #1486 among girls' names in America, with 1,204 babies recorded since 1923.
Anora has 1,204 recorded births among girls since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1486 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2025.
- #6,599 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,486 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,204 born since 1923
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anora ranks #6,599 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,486 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,204 born since 1923, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,599 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,486 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,204
- born since 1923
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anora's 1,204 recorded births place it above 90.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anora compares
1,204 Top 29% higher than 71% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anora's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anora | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,204 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 144 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anora splits its recorded history at 2013: 83% of all births land in the more recent half, 17% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 144 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 144
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Anora by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (569 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Anora's strongest decade.
569 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Anora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 87
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
569 births
- 2020s
2020s
532 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 569 births (47% of all-time use).
How Anora compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Anora's total volume
Anora by state
Where Anora concentrates geographically, total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 68 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 55 | 4.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 42 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 28 | 2.3% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 20 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 19 | 1.6% |
| #7 | New York | | 15 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Washington | | 15 | 1.2% |
68 of 1,204 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Anora appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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- Anora's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (569 total births) through the 2020s (532) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Anoras (68 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Anora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~102 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1923–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anora draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.