Norah

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #262in 2025
  • 1 in 1,349girls in 2025
  • −35%last ten years
  • 3.3×in New Hampshire

Most popular in 2017. Quieter now: down 35% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06251,24918801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Norah, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188099
1881141
1882121
1883178
188493
1885113
188683
188762
188884
188939
189058
189186
189252
189375
189458
189577
189676
189794
189843
189943
190060
190146
190261
190342
190425
190534
190641
190728
190833
190926
191030
191122
191218
191329
191428
191522
191613
191723
191819
191921
192019
192111
192217
192315
192422
192519
19269
192719
192817
192916
193012
193116
193212
193314
193414
193511
19367
193710
193814
193911
194014
19419
194217
194314
194411
194520
194613
194714
194813
194917
195013
195120
19529
195317
195410
195512
19566
195710
195817
19598
196012
196114
196212
196313
196411
196511
196611
196713
196810
19698
19709
197111
197214
197316
197416
197520
197620
197713
197815
197921
198019
198121
198216
198319
198422
198516
198617
198716
198821
198923
199020
199121
199221
199319
199417
199516
199621
199714
199824
199925
200031
200136
200253
2003166
2004259
2005302
2006311
2007358
2008352
2009522
2010614
2011692
2012853
2013983
20141,124
20151,138
20161,143
20171,249
20181,183
20191,177
20201,120
20211,092
2022938
2023927
2024854
2025741

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Hampshire 3.3×
  2. Oregon 2.2×
  3. Minnesota 2.1×
  4. Wisconsin 2.0×
  5. Nebraska 1.9×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,191
Rank in 2025
#262
How rare
1 in 1,349 girls
Since 1880
33,869

Most popular in 2017, at 1,249 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 35% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Hampshire3.3×31
Oregon2.2×71
Minnesota2.1×115
Wisconsin2.0×103
Nebraska1.9×35

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