Sanora — #5159 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sanora

The Social Security Administration has registered 362 babies named Sanora between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sanora currently holds the #5159 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanora performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Sanora shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sanora in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sanora 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 362 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.