Ora

Boy · recorded 1880–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1883best year

Most popular in 1883.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

031162118801916195219882024

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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 122 recorded years as a table
Ora, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880579
1881546
1882589
1883621
1884594
1885538
1886569
1887621
1888579
1889425
1890441
1891504
1892434
1893312
1894363
1895443
1896351
1897390
1898318
1899273
1900279
1901319
1902351
1903285
1904281
1905295
1906255
1907204
1908311
1909244
1910273
1911186
1912151
1913164
1914151
1915158
1916172
1917139
1918129
1919161
1920113
1921130
1922143
192395
1924114
1925106
1926111
192797
192898
192978
193078
193184
193268
193352
193479
193563
193673
193763
193844
193951
194043
194134
194243
194340
194432
194539
194628
194720
194827
194921
195024
195115
195217
195319
195413
195517
195612
195712
195812
195911
196012
196111
19629
19636
196410
19657
196612
196710
19687
196911
19705
197111
19728
19735
19748
19757
197610
19778
19783
197910
19806
19819
19824
19835
19846
19855
19863
19874
19885
19893
19902
19924
19933
19963
20003
20013
20053
20114
20153
20163
20196
20243

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ora 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
5
Rank in 2024
#12,349
How rare
1 in 344,577 boys
Since 1880
5,616

Ora was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1883, at 621 per million boys born.

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

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