Zora — #914 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zora

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,935 babies named Zora between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zora currently holds the #914 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 353 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zora performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,662 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Zora shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 495 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Zora in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zora 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 9,935 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.