Mora — #7946 US girls' name
931 babies named Mora in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
18% of everyone ever named Mora was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Mora in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mora
The Social Security Administration has registered 931 babies named Mora between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mora currently holds the #7946 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mora performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Mora shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mora in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 931 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mora at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Mora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1881
- Peak year (2019)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 144 years of records
Currently ranks #7946 among girls.
931 total births across 144 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 24 births in a single year.
Mora by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 171 births that decade — 18% of Mora's all-time total
Mora decade highlights
- Peak decade 171 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mora's strongest decade
171 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1881–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.