Zora
Zora was given to 264 girls in 2025, #969 among girls’ names; 10,248 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,440 Americans named Zora and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (53% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 5 and 22.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Zora by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Zora mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Zora is “a female given name”
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian zòra.
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Zora?
#969 among girls’ names, 2025
Zora rose from #1,575 in 2015 to #969 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.08 to 0.16 per 1,000.
353 babies in 2019, the peak
Zora peaked in 2019, when 353 girls were given it, #788 among girls’ names. The 273 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 77% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 264 | #969 | 0.16 |
| 2024 | 290 | #918 | 0.18 |
| 2023 | 313 | #853 | 0.20 |
| 2022 | 332 | #847 | 0.20 |
| 2021 | 338 | #824 | 0.21 |
| 2020 | 308 | #875 | 0.19 |
| 2019 | 353 | #788 | 0.21 |
| 2018 | 270 | #981 | 0.16 |
| 2017 | 206 | #1,189 | 0.12 |
| 2016 | 164 | #1,419 | 0.09 |
Every recorded year (142)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 140 | #1,575 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 139 | #1,568 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 99 | #1,989 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 109 | #1,858 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 94 | #2,072 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 88 | #2,219 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 87 | #2,269 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,902 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 104 | #1,987 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 98 | #2,030 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,967 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,869 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 117 | #1,650 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 62 | #2,550 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,433 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,976 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,439 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,357 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,366 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 16 | #6,058 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,342 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,312 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,947 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,645 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,422 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 8 | #10,186 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 10 | #8,030 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,817 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,744 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #9,302 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,885 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 7 | #9,107 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,541 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 9 | #7,310 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,646 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,889 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 7 | #8,152 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,513 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,456 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 9 | #6,076 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,791 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,308 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 10 | #5,055 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,487 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,482 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,807 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,399 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 7 | #6,007 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,633 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,590 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,837 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,902 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 11 | #4,029 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,753 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 30 | #2,025 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,319 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,837 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,237 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,437 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,678 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,635 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,718 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,601 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,325 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,600 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,437 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 41 | #1,259 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 51 | #1,102 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 45 | #1,210 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,299 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 52 | #1,019 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 49 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 55 | #959 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 61 | #913 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 49 | #1,017 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 59 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 62 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 72 | #793 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 57 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 70 | #825 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 73 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 93 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 72 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 81 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 92 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 93 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 114 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 122 | #675 | 0.10 |
| 1923 | 130 | #648 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 128 | #650 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 136 | #635 | 0.11 |
| 1920 | 135 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 117 | #644 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 134 | #611 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 135 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 152 | #540 | 0.15 |
| 1915 | 169 | #475 | 0.17 |
| 1914 | 120 | #510 | 0.16 |
| 1913 | 90 | #537 | 0.14 |
| 1912 | 99 | #482 | 0.18 |
| 1911 | 82 | #455 | 0.20 |
| 1910 | 57 | #542 | 0.14 |
| 1909 | 57 | #499 | 0.16 |
| 1908 | 59 | #473 | 0.18 |
| 1907 | 92 | #368 | 0.29 |
| 1906 | 64 | #434 | 0.22 |
| 1905 | 55 | #457 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 54 | #444 | 0.20 |
| 1903 | 83 | #350 | 0.32 |
| 1902 | 58 | #407 | 0.22 |
| 1901 | 58 | #388 | 0.24 |
| 1900 | 99 | #338 | 0.33 |
| 1899 | 56 | #388 | 0.24 |
| 1898 | 65 | #388 | 0.25 |
| 1897 | 67 | #361 | 0.29 |
| 1896 | 72 | #346 | 0.30 |
| 1895 | 55 | #377 | 0.24 |
| 1894 | 66 | #342 | 0.30 |
| 1893 | 67 | #331 | 0.31 |
| 1892 | 66 | #329 | 0.31 |
| 1891 | 52 | #348 | 0.28 |
| 1890 | 60 | #328 | 0.32 |
| 1889 | 53 | #345 | 0.30 |
| 1888 | 42 | #373 | 0.24 |
| 1887 | 46 | #318 | 0.32 |
| 1886 | 52 | #288 | 0.36 |
| 1885 | 48 | #293 | 0.36 |
| 1884 | 58 | #258 | 0.45 |
| 1883 | 35 | #299 | 0.31 |
| 1882 | 32 | #316 | 0.30 |
| 1881 | 21 | #373 | 0.23 |
| 1880 | 28 | #304 | 0.31 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Zora a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Zora has been given almost only to girls: 46 boys in 142 years of records.
Girls and boys named Zora: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Zora, and how old are they?
5,440 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 53% of the 10,248 Americans ever recorded as Zora. The median Zora alive today is 10 years old; half are between 5 and 22.
The 2020 Census counted 4,188 people named Zora (4,106 women and girls, 82 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,966 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 282 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 395 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 152 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 151 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,230 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,220 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Zora born?
The states with the most babies named Zora are California, Texas and New York, with 31% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 24 | #1,110 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 21 | #1,266 | 0.7× |
| New York | 19 | #858 | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 16 | #675 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 15 | #1,053 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | #762 | 0.6× |
| Maryland | 11 | #510 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 10 | #926 | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 10 | #786 | 0.5× |
| New Jersey | 9 | #845 | 0.3× |
Where Zora is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Zora is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Zora with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 13,800 babies since 1880, Zora is the most given (74% of them). In 2025 it was given to 273 of their 421 babies (65%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Zora
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Zora and names like it
- Compare Zora and ZoriBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sZora peaked in 2019.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Zora since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Zora: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2019The year the most babies were named Zora.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Zora alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with ZMost given first.