Bora
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Bora
A name with a multitude of meanings, Bora means "snow" in Albanian (via borë, and pronounced BAW-ruh); "foreign" in Hungarian, where it is a variation of Borbála, a form of Barbara (pronounced as BO-raw; "brown, grey" in Mongolian; "pine tree" in Slovene via the masculine Bor; and "purple" in Korean (pronounced as PO-RA).
In Turkish, it is a masculine name, relating to storm, while English speakers may be reminded of "boring" or "boar", though its rhyme with Nora, Cora, and similar may help lessen that.
Bora is also given to boys, where it ranks #5891 in the US.
Pronounced BOR-uh.
As of October 2026, Bora ranked #7555 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #5985 in 2021.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,986 | 19 | 10.6 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
World rankings
Bora for girls
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