Girls' name · since 1898
Tora
990 babies named Tora in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,577 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,141 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 990
- born since 1898
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tora is the #10141 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 990 recorded since 1898.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tora has been recorded 990 times among girls since 1898, currently ranked #10141 nationally and more common than 41% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 2025.
- #7,577 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,141 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 990 born since 1898
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tora ranks #7,577 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,141 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 990 born since 1898, peaking in the 1970s.
- #7,577 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,141 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 990
- born since 1898
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tora's 990 recorded births place it above 89.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Tora compares
990 Top 32% higher than 68% 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
Tora's all-time total is 163% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tora | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 990 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 53 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tora splits its recorded history at 1987: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1976 peak of 53 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tora popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–2025
- Peak year (1976)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 128 years of records
Tora popularity over time - boys
26 total births recorded since 1971 (Tora as boys' name)
Tora by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (321 births, 32% of the file).
1970s was Tora's strongest decade.
321 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Tora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 45
1950s
45 births
- 1960s 89
1960s
89 births
- 1970s
1970s
321 births
- 1980s 110
1980s
110 births
- 1990s 108
1990s
108 births
- 2000s 90
2000s
90 births
- 2010s 115
2010s
115 births
- 2020s 73
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 321 births (32% of all-time use).
How Tora 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 Tora's total volume
Tora by state
Where Tora concentrates geographically, total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #2 | South Carolina | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
11 of 990 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Tora's data
- Tora's decade-level peak was the 1970s (321 total births); usage has since declined to 73 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Toras (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Tora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~127 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, 1898–2025 (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 Tora 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.