Ore — unisex name
12 babies named Ore in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Ore was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Ore in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ore
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Ore between 1918 and 1934, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ore currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1934. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Ore is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 1923.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ore performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ore shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ore 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 12 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.
Ore at a glance
Last recorded 1934Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ore popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1918
- Peak year (1934)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1934.
12 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 7 births in a single year.
Ore popularity over time — boys
12 total births recorded since 1923 (Ore as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Ore accounts for 50% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ore by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 7 births that decade — 58% of Ore's all-time total
Ore decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Ore's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% 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, 1918–1934 (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.