Girls' name · since 1885
Medora
Since 1885, U.S. Social Security records show 759 babies named Medora, peaking in 1920. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #9,056 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,966 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 759
- born since 1885
- 1920s
- peak decade
759 babies have been named Medora since 1885, making it today's #11966 girls' name.
Medora has 759 recorded births among girls since 1885, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11966 as of the latest data, more common than 31% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1885 to 2025.
- #9,056 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,966 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 759 born since 1885
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Medora ranks #9,056 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,966 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 759 born since 1885, peaking in the 1920s.
- #9,056 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,966 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 759
- born since 1885
- 1920s
- peak decade
Medora's 759 recorded births place it above 87.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Medora compares
759 Top 37% higher than 63% 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
Medora's all-time total is 102% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Medora | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 759 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Medora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Medora splits its recorded history at 1937: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1889 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Medora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1885–2025
- Peak year (1920)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 141 years of records
Medora by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (138 births, 18% of the file).
1920s was Medora's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Medora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 22
1880s
22 births
- 1890s 47
1890s
47 births
- 1900s
1900s
68 births
- 1910s
1910s
131 births
- 1920s
1920s
138 births
- 1930s
1930s
77 births
- 1940s
1940s
56 births
- 1950s
1950s
59 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 35
1970s
35 births
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s 32
1990s
32 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 138 births (18% of all-time use).
How Medora 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 Medora's total volume
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What to do with Medora's data
- Medora's decade-level peak was the 1920s (138 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Medora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~140 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, 1885–2025 (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 Medora 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.