Zora Girl
How popular is Zora?
#968 girl name in 2025
264 baby girls were named Zora in the US in 2025, making it the 968th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
Zora popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #968 for girls (▼ 54 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 264 girls, 9 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+89% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,566 in 2015, #873 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (353 girls) |
| Highest rank | #257 in 1884 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zora counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zora family of names ranked #782 for girls in 2025 (#750 the year before), with 320 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zora | 264 | 83% |
| Zorah | 46 | 14% |
| Zohra | 10 | 3% |
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 Zora is most popular
Babies named Zora per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 2.4 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Maryland: 0.6 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- Delaware: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Georgia: 0.4 per 1,000 (95 girls)
- Virginia: 0.4 per 1,000 (64 girls)
Zora by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 415 | #257 |
| 1890s | 626 | #326 |
| 1900s | 679 | #337 |
| 1910s | 1,155 | #450 |
| 1920s | 1,103 | #613 |
| 1930s | 651 | #726 |
| 1940s | 435 | #1,013 |
| 1950s | 290 | #1,423 |
| 1960s | 132 | #2,751 |
| 1970s | 93 | #4,121 |
| 1980s | 63 | #5,244 |
| 1990s | 176 | #4,212 |
| 2000s | 877 | #1,640 |
| 2010s | 1,662 | #786 |
| 2020s | 1,845 | #822 |
Girl names about as popular as Zora
Questions
- Is Zora a boy or girl name?
- Zora is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Zora were girls.
- How popular is the name Zora?
- 264 baby girls were named Zora in the US in 2025, making it the 968th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
- When was Zora most popular?
- Zora peaked in 2019, when 353 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #257 in 1884.
- How many people are named Zora?
- 10,248 babies have been named Zora in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,550 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Zora most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zora was most common in District of Columbia, at 2.4 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.