Name profile

Zora

A name meaning "dawn, aurora".

PronunciationMacedonian /ˈzɔ.ɾa/; Czech /ˈzo.ra/; Slovak /ˈzɔ.ra/
Usage languagesBulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
US rank (2025)#968

Meaning and history

Zora means “dawn” or “aurora” in South Slavic languages, as well as in Czech and Slovak.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 98 births, rank #2,016
2007: 104 births, rank #1,971
2008: 112 births, rank #1,890
2009: 87 births, rank #2,244
2010: 88 births, rank #2,202
20112011: 94 births, rank #2,058
2012: 109 births, rank #1,846
2013: 99 births, rank #1,977
2014: 139 births, rank #1,562
2015: 140 births, rank #1,566
20162016: 164 births, rank #1,412
2017: 206 births, rank #1,187
2018: 270 births, rank #979
2019: 353 births, rank #786
2020: 308 births, rank #873
20212021: 338 births, rank #822
2022: 332 births, rank #843
2023: 313 births, rank #853
2024: 290 births, rank #914
20252025: 264 births, rank #968

Zora moved from #918 to #969 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2019, with 353 births.