Unisex name · since 1981
Jora
130 babies named Jora in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,254 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
130 babies have been named Jora since 1981, making it today's #12254 unisex name.
Jora has 130 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12254 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #24,249 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,254 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 130 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jora ranks #24,249 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,254 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 130 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,254 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jora's 130 recorded births place it above 66.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jora compares
130 29th percentile among 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
Jora's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jora | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 130 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jora's full recorded timeline at 2011, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jora popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Jora popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 2023 (Jora as boys' name)
Jora by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (51 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Jora's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Jora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
- 2020s
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 51 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Jora's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 2020s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Jora 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.