first name
NORAH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 23,775 people named Norah, 78.1% reported their origin as White, 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Norah peaked in 2017, when 2,156 babies got the name.
At least 33,998 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Norah by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #404. The largest share of babies named Norah, 68.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Norah is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Norah has been most common in Utah (2.4×), New Hampshire (2.3×), and Minnesota (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.29×).
31,006 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Norah
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Norah, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Norah ranks #81,574 of 156,621, with 250 people. See Norah as a last name
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