Ora Girl
How popular is Ora?
#3,711 girl name in 2025
40 baby girls were named Ora in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name.
Ora popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,711 for girls (▼ 316 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 40 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,143 in 2015, #4,077 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1919 (920 girls) |
| Highest rank | #104 in 1881 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 5% boys, 95% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ora counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ora family of names ranked #2,369 for girls in 2025 (#2,243 the year before), with 50 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ora | 40 | 80% |
| Orah | 10 | 20% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ora is most popular
Babies named Ora per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Ora by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,391 | #104 |
| 1890s | 3,876 | #110 |
| 1900s | 4,262 | #127 |
| 1910s | 7,259 | #157 |
| 1920s | 7,876 | #214 |
| 1930s | 5,116 | #237 |
| 1940s | 3,653 | #309 |
| 1950s | 2,291 | #490 |
| 1960s | 998 | #840 |
| 1970s | 436 | #1,619 |
| 1980s | 293 | #2,537 |
| 1990s | 157 | #4,229 |
| 2000s | 149 | #6,127 |
| 2010s | 277 | #3,613 |
| 2020s | 244 | #3,395 |
Girl names about as popular as Ora
Questions
- Is Ora a boy or girl name?
- Ora is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Ora were girls.
- How popular is the name Ora?
- 40 baby girls were named Ora in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name.
- When was Ora most popular?
- Ora peaked in 1919, when 920 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #104 in 1881.
- How many people are named Ora?
- 44,894 babies have been named Ora in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,178 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 75.
- Where is Ora most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ora was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.