Meaning and history
Nora began as a short form of Honora or Eleanor and later became an established name in its own right across Europe. Henrik Ibsen helped make it internationally familiar through Nora Helmer, the central character of his 1879 play A Doll's House. Notable bearers include writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron and novelist Nora Roberts.
20062006: 1,385 births, rank #245
2007: 1,474 births, rank #242
2008: 1,560 births, rank #216
2009: 1,670 births, rank #198
2010: 1,939 births, rank #159
20112011: 2,235 births, rank #137
2012: 2,890 births, rank #108
2013: 3,508 births, rank #83
2014: 4,741 births, rank #49
2015: 5,330 births, rank #41
20162016: 5,593 births, rank #36
2017: 6,067 births, rank #29
2018: 5,837 births, rank #30
2019: 5,936 births, rank #29
2020: 5,583 births, rank #30
20212021: 6,281 births, rank #27
2022: 6,148 births, rank #28
2023: 6,027 births, rank #24
2024: 6,148 births, rank #22
20252025: 6,380 births, rank #20
Nora has made a dramatic comeback. After first appearing in the US records in 1880, it fell to #502 by 2000, before climbing to #20 in 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 6,380.