Sora
About Sora
A smart and simple unisex Japanese name meaning "sky". It actually has a second nature meaning in Finnish, albeit a slightly less appealing one: "gravel".
Pronounced SOR-uh.
As of October 2026, Sora ranked #2250 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1994 in 2022.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,116 | 25 | 13 |
| 2015 | #3,502 | 32 | 16.7 |
| 2016 | #4,301 | 24 | 12.6 |
| 2017 | #3,114 | 38 | 20.5 |
| 2018 | #2,985 | 40 | 22 |
| 2019 | #3,095 | 39 | 21.7 |
| 2020 | #3,404 | 33 | 19.1 |
| 2021 | #2,582 | 51 | 29.2 |
| 2022 | #1,994 | 77 | 44.1 |
| 2023 | #2,431 | 56 | 32.7 |
| 2024 | #2,300 | 62 | 36 |
| 2025 | #2,250 | 63 | 36.9 |
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Sora on lists
Sora in pop culture
- Sora
(male) main character in the video game series "Kingdom Hearts"
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angelic character in "Escaflowne: The Movie"
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a main character in anime "Digimon: Digital Monsters"
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the little sister in "From up on Poppy Hill"
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sempai, Daichi's brother in "Kitchen Princess"
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fraternal twin sister of Haru (Haruka) in the anime series "Yosuga no Sora"