Nora · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nora.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 89 recorded years as a table

Nora, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	45
1885	74
1886	72
1887	79
1888	58
1890	45
1892	57
1893	53
1894	60
1895	51
1897	62
1898	41
1900	60
1902	65
1903	50
1904	39
1905	83
1906	75
1907	48
1909	49
1910	51
1911	40
1912	30
1913	16
1914	18
1915	12
1916	13
1917	17
1918	8
1919	12
1920	16
1921	7
1922	15
1923	9
1924	11
1925	8
1926	10
1927	12
1928	8
1929	14
1930	10
1931	12
1932	13
1933	12
1934	13
1935	12
1936	10
1937	13
1938	11
1939	5
1940	6
1941	9
1942	9
1943	6
1945	9
1946	3
1947	7
1949	5
1951	5
1952	4
1953	5
1955	3
1956	4
1957	3
1958	3
1959	4
1960	5
1961	4
1963	3
1964	5
1965	4
1966	3
1967	3
1968	4
1971	3
1980	5
1981	3
1983	4
1985	3
1986	3
1987	4
1989	5
1990	2
1995	3
2003	3
2014	3
2018	4
2020	3
2025	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nora isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Nora

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 6
Rank in 2025: #10,695
How rare: 1 in 284,679 boys
Since 1880: 784

Most popular in 1905, at 83 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Nora doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.