# Ora (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ora/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 44,894 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,616 / 39,278 (87% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 78, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* (given name): First appeared in the 19th century when similar sounding names like Cora, Dora and Nora were in fashion. Possibly shortened from Aurelia, sometimes spelled Ora Lee, or, Aura Lea, in the American civil war song. * (Italian commune): Borrowed from Italian Ora

## 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 | 17 | 7,343 |
| 2012 | 15 | 8,118 |
| 2013 | 24 | 5,609 |
| 2014 | 27 | 5,134 |
| 2015 | 35 | 4,208 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4,217 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,148 |
| 2018 | 42 | 3,659 |
| 2019 | 38 | 3,898 |
| 2020 | 34 | 4,140 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,861 |
| 2022 | 41 | 3,753 |
| 2023 | 44 | 3,568 |
| 2024 | 46 | 3,443 |
| 2025 | 40 | 3,760 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 8 | 5,313 |
| 1988 | 9 | 5,099 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,647 |
| 1990 | 5 | 9,116 |
| 1992 | 7 | 7,191 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,758 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,706 |
| 2000 | 5 | 11,676 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,190 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11,100 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,483 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,521 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,663 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8,052 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,714 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Ora

- Tora Torbergsdatter, 11t-century Norwegian royal consort
- Ora Carew, American actress (1893–1955)
- Ora Kedem, Austrian-Israeli chemist
- Ora Washington, American tennis player (1898–1971)

## 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.