Mostly girls · peaked in 1881
Ora name popularity since 1925
19,764 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ora (87.5% girls, 12.5% boys). Half of them were born in 1939 or earlier, so the typical Ora is about 87 years old in 2026. Ora peaked in 1881 as the #104 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,764
- Named Ora, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1881
- #104 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,760 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 87.5% girls
- 17,284 girls · 2,480 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 12.91× its national share
Peak year is the year Ora 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.
Ora births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Ora peaked earlier, in 1881.
- Steepest fall: Between 1955 and 1960, Ora's share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 8,650 to 1 in 16,200.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Ora's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ora.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ora 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 | 3,670 | 542 | – |
| 1930s | 5,116 | 693 | #271 |
| 1940s | 3,653 | 471 | #395 |
| 1950s | 2,291 | 303 | #619 |
| 1960s | 998 | 185 | #1,104 |
| 1970s | 436 | 124 | #1,894 |
| 1980s | 293 | 90 | #2,786 |
| 1990s | 157 | 23 | #7,392 |
| 2000s | 149 | 17 | #7,413 |
| 2010s | 277 | 27 | #4,208 |
| 2020–25 | 244 | 5 | #3,760 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
50.0% of babies named Ora from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Ora is most popular
The index compares Ora'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 Ora.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 12.91× | 2,393 |
| Arkansas | 6.26× | 985 |
| Alabama | 4.59× | 1,242 |
| Louisiana | 4.53× | 1,243 |
| Kentucky | 3.34× | 856 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ora's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ora.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ora (1881).
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