# Nora (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nora/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnɔːɹə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Norah |
| US babies named this | 193,922 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 784 / 193,138 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,650, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Short form of Eleanor or, rarely, of Honora.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,235 | 137 |
| 2012 | 2,890 | 108 |
| 2013 | 3,508 | 83 |
| 2014 | 4,741 | 49 |
| 2015 | 5,330 | 41 |
| 2016 | 5,593 | 36 |
| 2017 | 6,067 | 29 |
| 2018 | 5,837 | 30 |
| 2019 | 5,936 | 29 |
| 2020 | 5,583 | 30 |
| 2021 | 6,281 | 27 |
| 2022 | 6,148 | 28 |
| 2023 | 6,027 | 24 |
| 2024 | 6,148 | 22 |
| 2025 | 6,380 | 20 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | 5,438 |
| 1980 | 9 | 4,397 |
| 1981 | 6 | 6,025 |
| 1983 | 8 | 4,787 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,293 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,501 |
| 1987 | 8 | 5,307 |
| 1989 | 10 | 5,073 |
| 1990 | 5 | 9,099 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,880 |
| 2003 | 5 | 12,208 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,476 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,431 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,595 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,617 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 702 |
| 2012 | 73 | 580 |
| 2013 | 88 | 479 |
| 2014 | 113 | 389 |
| 2015 | 158 | 305 |
| 2016 | 177 | 283 |
| 2017 | 199 | 250 |
| 2018 | 267 | 197 |
| 2019 | 314 | 160 |
| 2020 | 326 | 153 |
| 2021 | 406 | 123 |
| 2022 | 440 | 119 |
| 2023 | 465 | 103 |
| 2024 | 549 | 86 |
| 2025 | 616 | 75 |

## People named Nora

- Nora Ephron, American film director and writer (1941–2012)
- Nora Fatehi, Canadian actress (1992-present)
- Nora Arnezeder, French actress and singer
- Nora Zehetner, American actress
- Nora Tschirner, German actress
- Nora Aunor, Filipino actress (1953–2025)
- Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian
- Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, American civil engineer, architect and suffragist (1883–1971)
- Norah Vincent, American writer (1968–2022)
- Nora Al Matrooshi, Emirati astronaut
- Nora Gregor, Austrian actress (1901–1949)
- Nora Heroum, Finnish footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.