Nora
Pronounced N AO1 R AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2021
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Nora?
Nora is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 220,287 children — the 209th most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2021, when 8,066 children were given it.
Norah is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Nora and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Norah
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- N AO1 R AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Nora
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Nora
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Nora?
- Nora ranks 209th among girls' names in US records, with 220,287 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 77,110.
- Is Nora a unisex name?
- No. Nora is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Nora most popular?
- 2021, when 8,066 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Nora spelled?
- Norah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.