How rare is the name Zora?

4,188 people in the United States have the first name Zora, about 1 in 72,118. It ranks #4,452 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZORA

#4,452

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,188
About
1 in 72,118
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,188 people named Zora, 47% reported their origin as White, 33.5% as Black and 10.2% as two or more races. 98% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zora peaked in 2019, when 353 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
353
In 2025*
273 ▼23%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,248 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.

Zora by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #566. The largest share of babies named Zora, 31.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#573415
1890s#566631
1900s#643679
1910s#9811,166
1920s#1,2711,103
1930s#1,570651
1940s#2,214435
1950s#3,239290
1960s#5,430137
1970s#8,62593
1980s#13,06363
1990s#8,832176
2000s#3,649877
2010s#2,4901,662
2020s#1,6481,870
Before 190111.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2726.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.5%
Baby boom 1946–645.1%
Generation X 1965–801.6%
Millennials 1981–961.5%
Generation Z 1997–1212.1%
2013 and later31.6%

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 Zora is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zora has been most common in District of Columbia (2.6×), North Carolina (2.5×), and Georgia (2.5×), and least common in Minnesota (0.35×).

4,878 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 Zora

#4,448 Neftali · 4,193#4,451 Tarik · 4,190#4,453 Caitlynn · 4,185#4,454 Amia · 4,184

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zora, most common first.

#9,123 Zohra · 1,547#20,273 Zori · 511#25,331 Zoria · 375#27,970 Zorah · 324#43,957 Zory · 159

Also a last name

As a last name, Zora ranks #45,838 of 156,621, with 502 people. See Zora as a last name

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