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Zora

Girl

Meaning of Zora: Slavic: 'dawn'

Zora is a girl's name most strongly associated with American naming. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 923rd most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 2115th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#923

273 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#2115

13 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

10,248

First recorded 1880 · peak 2019

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 7 babies1982: 10 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 7 babies1986: 9 babies1987: 7 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 10 babies1990: 8 babies19901991: 12 babies1992: 14 babies1993: 16 babies1994: 15 babies1995: 24 babies1996: 16 babies1997: 25 babies1998: 20 babies1999: 26 babies2000: 32 babies20002001: 65 babies2002: 62 babies2003: 117 babies2004: 102 babies2005: 98 babies2006: 98 babies2007: 104 babies2008: 112 babies2009: 87 babies2010: 88 babies20102011: 94 babies2012: 109 babies2013: 99 babies2014: 139 babies2015: 140 babies2016: 164 babies2017: 206 babies2018: 270 babies2019: 353 babies2020: 308 babies20202021: 338 babies2022: 342 babies2023: 319 babies2024: 290 babies2025: 273 babies
US babies named Zora per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 353.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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