Girls' name · since 1880
Izora
Izora has 1,203 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,603 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,110 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,203
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Yes -- Izora is the #10110 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,203 recorded since 1880.
Izora has 1,203 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10110 as of the latest data, more common than 42% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #6,603 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,110 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,203 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Izora ranks #6,603 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,110 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,203 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #6,603 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,110 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,203
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Izora's 1,203 recorded births place it above 90.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Izora compares
1,203 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
Izora's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Izora | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,203 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 37 | 21 | 19,840 |
Izora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Izora's full recorded timeline at 1926, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1881, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 37 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Izora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1915)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Currently ranks #10110 among girls.
1,203 total births across 146 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 37 births in a single year.
Izora by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (260 births, 22% of the file).
1910s was Izora's strongest decade.
260 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Izora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 81
1880s
81 births
- 1890s
1890s
146 births
- 1900s
1900s
147 births
- 1910s
1910s
260 births
- 1920s
1920s
209 births
- 1930s
1930s
108 births
- 1940s 75
1940s
75 births
- 1950s 52
1950s
52 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s 47
2010s
47 births
- 2020s 55
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 260 births (22% of all-time use).
Izora decade highlights
- Peak decade 260 births
- Runner-up 209 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Izora 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 Izora's total volume
Izora by state
Where Izora concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 13 | 1.1% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
13 of 1,203 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 1.1% of nationwide
- Alabama 0.9% of nationwide
- Arkansas 0.4% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 0.4% of nationwide
- Texas 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Izora's data
- Izora's decade-level peak was the 1910s (260 total births); usage has since declined to 55 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Izoras (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Izora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Izora 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.
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