Girls' name · peaked in 1880
Cora name popularity since 1925
96,944 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Cora. Half of them were born in 2006 or earlier, so the typical Cora is about 20 years old in 2026. Cora peaked in 1880 as the #15 name for girls, and it ranked #113 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 96,944
- Named Cora, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1880
- #15 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #113
- for girls in 2025 (2,428 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 96,775 girls · 169 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 2.15× its national share
Peak year is the year Cora made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Cora births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 2019. Measured as a share of all babies, Cora peaked earlier, in 1880.
- Steepest fall: Between 1941 and 1946, Cora's share of baby girls fell by 39%, from 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,960.
- Fastest rise: Between 2010 and 2015, it became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 1,470 baby girls to 1 in 525.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Cora's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Cora.
Decade by decade
Babies named Cora in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 7,431 | 35 | – |
| 1930s | 11,253 | 75 | #175 |
| 1940s | 8,749 | 34 | #244 |
| 1950s | 5,869 | 0 | #365 |
| 1960s | 3,393 | 9 | #493 |
| 1970s | 2,093 | 5 | #775 |
| 1980s | 2,224 | 0 | #768 |
| 1990s | 3,323 | 0 | #679 |
| 2000s | 7,745 | 0 | #452 |
| 2010s | 27,816 | 11 | #88 |
| 2020–25 | 16,879 | 0 | #113 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
41.1% of babies named Cora from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Cora is most popular
The index compares Cora's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Cora.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 2.15× | 2,456 |
| North Carolina | 1.76× | 4,705 |
| Arkansas | 1.74× | 1,684 |
| Alabama | 1.73× | 2,876 |
| South Carolina | 1.59× | 2,094 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Cora and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Cora (this page) | 96,775 | 1880 |
| Kora | 9,541 | 2022 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Cora's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Cora.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Cora (1880).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data