Nora
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Nora
Nora is a lovely, refined name that conjures up images of Belle Epoch ladies in fur-trimmed coats skating in Central Park. Long seen as a quintessentially Irish name though its roots are not in Ireland, Nora is a quietly stylish favorite that's tiptoed to the top of the popularity ladder.
Nora has two separate origin stories, as a derivative of both Honora and Eleanor. The Irish and Anglo-Norman version derives from Honora, based on the Latin word honor. The Hungarians spawned Nora as a short form of Eleonora, a variation of Eleanor.
One of Nora's most prominent contemporary namesakes is the late witty writer Nora Ephron. Other notable Noras are the independent Ibsen heroine of A Doll's House, and the female half of the witty Nick and Nora Charles duo, adding up to a most desirable choice.
It can also be spelled Norah, as in Norah Jones.
Nora is also given to boys, where it ranks #11617 in the US.
Pronounced NOR-uh.
As of October 2026, Nora ranked #20 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #38.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #49 | 4,740 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #41 | 5,330 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #36 | 5,593 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #29 | 6,067 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #30 | 5,837 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #29 | 5,935 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #30 | 5,581 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #27 | 6,276 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #28 | 6,146 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #24 | 6,020 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #22 | 6,128 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #20 | 6,380 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Nora on lists
Famous Noras
- Nora FatehiGirl
Indian Actress and Dancer
- Nora EphronGirl
American film director/producer
- Eleanor Marie "Nora" RobertsGirl
American novelist
- Nora Louise KuzmaGirl
birth name of American actress Traci Lords
- Nora EddingtonGirl
American actress; wife of actor Errol Flynn
- Nora IstrefiGirl
Albanian Kosovar singer
- Nora Alicia Oritz SalinasGirl
Mexican actress
- Nora MiaoGirl
Hong Kong actress
- Nora Connolly O'BrienGirl
Irish author and Senator
- Nora BarnacleGirl
wife and muse of novelist James Joyce
- Nora Lee GuthrieGirl
daughter of singer Woody Guthrie
- Nora ArnezederGirl
French actress
- Nora JansenGirl
inspiration for Alex Vause on TV's "Orange is the New Black"
- Nora Lum aka AwkwafinaGirl
American rapper
- Nora Angela ZehetnerGirl
American actress
- Nora VolkowGirl
Mexican,American psychiatrist; great,granddaughter of Soviet leader Leon Trotsky
- Nora Aunor (born Nora Cabaltera Villamayor)Girl
Filipina actress
- Nora KirkpatrickGirl
American actress and musician
- Nora Eloise DunnGirl
American actress/comedienne
- Norberta Elisabeth Maria Assunta Josefine Georgine et omnes sancti "NoraGirl
" Princess of Liechtenstein, Dowager Marquesa de Mariño
- Nora HewittGirl
makeup artist and winner of Season 9 of "Face Off"
- Nora Ellis (b. 2004)Girl
daughter of actor Tom Ellis
- Nora Edman (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of footballer Erik Edman
- Nora Torres (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of Spanish footballer Fernando Torres
- Nora Kara Kennedy (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of American politician Patrick Kennedy
- Nora Holroyd (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of actors Allison Munn and Scott Holroyd
- Nora Elizabeth Egan (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of TV chef Kelsey Nixon and Robby Egan
- Nora Anne QuoirinGirl
British Irish,French schoolgirl that disappeared from hotel and found dead n Malaysia
Nora in pop culture
- Nora AllenGirl
character in DC Universe
- Nora FriesGirl
character in DC Universe
- Nora ArnoldGirl
character in Enid Blyton's Secret Series
- Nora BakerGirl
eldest child in the "Cheaper by the Dozen" films
- Nora BravermanGirl
character on TV's "Parenthood"
- Nora CharlesGirl
main character in "The Thin Man" movies
- Nora ClarkGirl
character in movie "Step Up"
- Nora ClaytonGirl
character on TV's "Revolution"
- Nora DearlyGirl
character in "Dearly, Departed" series by Lia Habel
- Nora DurstGirl
character on TV series "The Leftovers"
- Nora EstheimGirl
minor character in video game "Final Fantasy XIII"
- Nora GainesboroughGirl
character on TV series 'True Blood'
- Nora GrahamGirl
character in "Ballet Teacher" by Lee Wyndham
- Nora GreyGirl
character in the "Hush Hush" saga by Becca Fitzpatrick
- Nora HelmerGirl
character in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House"
- Nora MontgomeryGirl
character on TV's "American Horror Story"
- Nora SergeantGirl
character on TV's "Being Human"
- Nora ThundermanGirl
character on animated series "The Thundermans"
- Nora ValkyrieGirl
character voiced by Samantha Ireland on web series "RWBY"
- Nora WalkerGirl
main character on TV's "Brothers and Sisters"
- Nora HildegardGirl
character on TV series "The Vampire Diaries"
- NoraGirl
character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
- NoraGirl
character in the anime "Noragami"
- NoraGirl
character in Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs"
- NoraGirl
character in novel "The Nest"
- Nora MartinezGirl
character in film "The Strain"
- The NoraGirl
a society in the video game "Horizon Zero Dawn"
- Nora CésaireGirl
character in the animated series "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir"
- Nora de LaurentisGirl
character in The After Series by Anna Todd
- NoraGirl
Default name of the female protagonist/wife of the male protagonist in "Fallout 4"