Girls' name · since 1881
Mora
945 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.
- #7,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,495 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 945
- born since 1881
- 2010s
- peak decade
945 babies have been named Mora since 1881, making it today's #7495 girls' name.
Mora has 945 recorded births among girls since 1881, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7495 as of the latest data, more common than 57% 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 1881 to 2025.
- #7,819 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,495 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 945 born since 1881
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mora ranks #7,819 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,495 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 945 born since 1881, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,495 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 945
- born since 1881
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mora's 945 recorded births place it above 89.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mora compares
945 Top 33% higher than 67% 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
Mora's all-time total is 151% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mora | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 945 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mora's full recorded timeline at 1961, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1889, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Mora by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (171 births, 18% of the file).
2010s was Mora's strongest decade.
171 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Mora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 33
1880s
33 births
- 1890s 47
1890s
47 births
- 1900s 27
1900s
27 births
- 1910s
1910s
96 births
- 1920s 68
1920s
68 births
- 1930s 33
1930s
33 births
- 1940s 21
1940s
21 births
- 1950s 60
1950s
60 births
- 1960s 65
1960s
65 births
- 1970s 37
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
- 1990s 59
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
99 births
- 2010s
2010s
171 births
- 2020s
2020s
101 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 171 births (18% of all-time use).
How Mora 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 Mora's total volume
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What to do with Mora's data
- Mora's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (171 total births) through the 2020s (101) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~144 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, 1881–2025 (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 Mora 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.