Cora
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Cora
Cora is a lovely, old-fashioned girls' that has been recently rejuvenated by its contemporary-feeling simplicity. In fact, Cora seemed headed straight for the top of the popularity list when the coronavirus pandemic somewhat weakened its appeal.
Though she has never been completely out of favor, Cora has had her ups and downs. A Top 20 name in the 1880's, she had sunk to Number 876 in 1988 before reversing course yet again. A more recent inspiration is the appealing American-born Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey.
In classical mythology, Cora—or Kore—was a euphemistic name of Persephone, goddess of fertility and the underworld. Kore was the name used when referencing her identity as the goddess of Spring, while Persephone referred to her role as queen of the Underworld.
Cora gained popularity as a given name after James Fenimore Cooper used it as the name of his heroine, Cora Munro, in his 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans.
While a complete name unto itself, some parents who love Cora may want to use it as a short form for such names as Cordelia or Coraline. Cora's fashionable sisters include Clara, Nora, Corinne, Corinna and Coralie.
Cora is also given to boys.
Pronounced KOR-uh.
As of October 2026, Cora ranked #113 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #15 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #43.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #103 | 2,967 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #88 | 3,403 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #87 | 3,373 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #83 | 3,445 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #73 | 3,596 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #71 | 3,601 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #88 | 3,034 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #87 | 3,005 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #75 | 3,073 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #93 | 2,749 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #102 | 2,570 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #113 | 2,428 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Cora on lists
Famous Coras
- (Mary) Cora Urquhart BrownGirl
Potter, American stage actress
- Cora CorreGirl
English model; granddaughter of Vivienne Westwood
- Cora EmmanuelGirl
French model
- Cora LijekGirl
American ambassador held hostage in Iran
- Anna Cora MowattGirl
American novelist/playwright/actress
- Cora Pearl (born Emma Elizabeth Crouch)Girl
English,French courtesan
- Cora Sandel (born Sara Cecilia Görvell Fabricius)Girl
Norwegian novelist
- Cora WaltonGirl
birth name of Koko Taylor, American gospel singer
- Cora Alice Du BoisGirl
American cultural anthropologist
- Cora MiaoGirl
Chinese actress
- Sexy Cora (born Carolin Ebert)Girl
German adult film actress
- Cora Coralina (born Ana Lins dos Guimarães Peixoto)Girl
Brazilian poet
- Cora CombsGirl
American pro wrestler
- Cora Lodencia Veronica ScottGirl
American spiritualist
- Cora Smith EatonGirl
American suffragist
- Cora Sue CollinsGirl
American child actress
- Cora AlvillarGirl
YouTube makeup artist
- Cora EisenbergGirl
American puppeteer with husband Bil Baird
- Cora Jakes Coleman (b. 1988)Girl
daughter of televangelist T.D. Jakes
- Cora Kathryn Ann AltmanGirl
daughter of Robert Reed Altman; granddaughter of director Robert Altman
- Cora Barucha Polis Reis (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of U.S. Congressman Jared Polis
- Cora Atwood (b. 2017)Girl
daughter of Youtube stars Roman Atwood and Brittney Smith
Cora in pop culture
- CoraGirl
the Maiden, epithet for the goddess Persephone, modern version of ancient greek Korē
- Cora MunroGirl
character in James Fenimore Cooper's "Last of the Mohicans"
- Cora CrawleyGirl
Countess of Grantham, character on TV's "Downton Abbey"
- Cora HaleGirl
character on MTV's "Teen Wolf"
- Cora SimmonsGirl
Brown, character in film "Meet the Browns"
- CoraGirl
Regina's mother on TV's "Once Upon a Time"
- Cora CrossGirl
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- Cora RyanGirl
character in film Age of Consent (1969)
- CoraGirl
wife of Vernon Tull in As I Lay Dying (1930) by William Faulkner
- Cora JenkinsGirl
main character in Langston Hughes' "Cora Unashamed"
- CoraGirl
the turned,evil sister of Stella in the Disney series, "Star Darlings"
- CoraGirl
Canadian restaurant breakfast food chain
- "CoraGirl
" opera by Étienne Méhul
- CoraGirl
young girl in steerage in film "Titanic"
- Cora BellGirl
character in "The Friday Society"
- QuorraGirl
character in film "Tron"
- Cora VeraluxGirl
character in the movie "Ratchet & Clank"
- Cora HarperGirl
character in the game "Mass Effect: Andromeda"
- CoraGirl
means "hearts" in Latin
- Cora MasonGirl
character in "The Cage" series by Megan Shepherd
- Cora KingGirl
main character in the ebook "Cora" by Relina Skye
- Princess CoraGirl
a character from Sofia the First
- Cora means MermaidGirl
Crown
- Cora TannettiGirl
main character from "The Sinner"
Variations & nicknames
- CorabelGirl
- CorabellaGirl
- CorabelleGirl
- CorabelliaGirl
- CorahGirl
- CoraleeGirl
- CoreeGirl
- CorellaGirl
- CorenaGirl
- CoreneGirl
- CoresaGirl
- CoressaGirl
- CorettaGirl
- CoreyGirl
- CoriGirl
- CorieGirl
- CorillaGirl
- CorineGirl
- CorinnaGirl
- CorinneGirl
- CorisaGirl
- CorissaGirl
- CoritaGirl
- CorraGirl
- CorreenGirl
- CorrellaGirl
- CorrelleGirl
- CorrenaGirl
- CorrendaGirl
- CorreneGirl
- CorreyGirl
- CorreyeGirl
- CorriGirl
- CorrieGirl
- CorrineGirl
- CorrissaGirl
- CorryGirl
- CortinaGirl
- CorynnaGirl
- CorynneGirl
- CoryssaGirl
- KoraGirl
- KorabellGirl
- KoreGirl
- KoreenGirl
- KorellaGirl
- KorettaGirl
- KoreyGirl
- KorillaGirl
- KorinaGirl
- KorinneGirl
- KorissaGirl
- KorryGirl
- KoryneGirl
- KorynnaGirl
- KoryssaGirl