first name
ORA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 8,368 people named Ora, 50.2% reported their origin as Black, 43.6% as White and 2.7% as two or more races. 87.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ora peaked in 1919, when 1,078 babies got the name.
At least 44,894 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.
Ora by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #158. The largest share of babies named Ora, 44.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Ora is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ora has been most common in Mississippi (9.8×), Arkansas (5.7×), and Alabama (4.5×), and least common in California (0.12×).
27,146 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 Ora
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ora, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ora ranks #89,231 of 156,621, with 223 people. See Ora as a last name
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