Unisex name · since 1918
Ore
Ore has 12 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1934 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #52,188 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ore sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 12 recorded since 1918.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ore has been recorded 12 times among girls since 1918, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1934.
- #52,188 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1918
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ore ranks #52,188 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1918, peaking in the 1930s.
- #52,188 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ore's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ore's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ore's full recorded timeline at 1934, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1934 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ore popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1934
- Peak year (1934)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Ore popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 1923 (Ore as boys' name)
Ore by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
1930s was Ore's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Ore births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ore: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~16 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, 1918–1934 (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 Ore 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.