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Cora Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Cora?

Ranking 73rd in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Cora is popular.

Currently in the top 100, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #15 in 1880.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2018 with 3,574 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Cora was 182 in 1975.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Cora occurred roughly during the years 1885-1888, 1911-1916, 1990-1994, 1995-1999, and 2002-2015, whereas 1927-1931 were years of successive downward movement.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at or near its highest point.

How popular will Cora be?

Cora's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Cora lately has risen.

The name Cora is favored by many parents and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Cora (Girl)Cora (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 3,574 73 < 5 --
2017 3,441 83 < 5 --
2016 3,371 86 < 5 --
2015 3,401 88 6 10,930
2014 2,964 103 5 12,418
2013 2,584 127 < 5 --
2012 2,079 155 < 5 --
2011 1,552 203 < 5 --
2010 1,205 275 < 5 --
2009 1,098 303 < 5 --
2008 1,040 323 < 5 --
2007 918 352 < 5 --
2006 844 384 < 5 --
2005 672 452 < 5 --
2004 698 437 < 5 --
2003 695 433 < 5 --
2002 606 466 < 5 --
2001 604 460 < 5 --
2000 564 481 < 5 --
1999 529 491 < 5 --
1998 468 536 < 5 --
1997 325 669 < 5 --
1996 327 673 < 5 --
1995 313 679 < 5 --
1994 329 654 < 5 --
1993 297 718 < 5 --
1992 249 807 < 5 --
1991 255 803 < 5 --
1990 230 856 < 5 --
1989 246 784 < 5 --
1988 201 879 < 5 --
1987 195 873 < 5 --
1986 237 743 < 5 --
1985 221 768 < 5 --
1984 224 731 < 5 --
1983 225 730 < 5 --
1982 239 724 < 5 --
1981 221 749 < 5 --
1980 214 770 < 5 --
1979 194 814 < 5 --
1978 225 701 < 5 --
1977 223 699 < 5 --
1976 212 697 < 5 --
1975 182 776 < 5 --
1974 206 709 < 5 --
1973 196 726 < 5 --
1972 201 712 < 5 --
1971 222 688 5 5,041
1970 234 677 < 5 --
1969 201 702 9 3,108
1968 235 629 < 5 --
1967 234 622 < 5 --
1966 312 534 < 5 --
1965 372 493 < 5 --
1964 351 525 < 5 --
1963 401 484 < 5 --
1962 411 478 < 5 --
1961 420 475 < 5 --
1960 454 460 < 5 --
1959 454 454 < 5 --
1958 434 458 < 5 --
1957 516 407 < 5 --
1956 554 374 < 5 --
1955 577 364 < 5 --
1954 612 346 < 5 --
1953 648 323 < 5 --
1952 667 312 < 5 --
1951 672 300 < 5 --
1950 735 289 < 5 --
1949 847 264 6 3,381
1948 837 266 < 5 --
1947 847 261 < 5 --
1946 800 251 < 5 --
1945 750 244 5 3,408
1944 817 231 < 5 --
1943 874 225 < 5 --
1942 1,002 202 8 2,750
1941 1,007 186 5 3,598
1940 965 191 10 2,355
1939 1,039 183 < 5 --
1938 1,133 178 11 2,213
1937 1,139 176 < 5 --
1936 1,008 181 11 2,203
1935 1,071 175 11 2,276
1934 1,113 168 5 3,777
1933 1,157 157 13 2,010
1932 1,136 169 6 3,456
1931 1,182 160 10 2,511
1930 1,273 161 8 3,072
1929 1,389 153 8 3,040
1928 1,393 155 14 2,184
1927 1,493 158 7 3,518
1926 1,476 158 < 5 --
1925 1,680 150 6 3,826
1924 1,629 155 8 3,315
1923 1,691 149 7 3,531
1922 1,762 141 6 3,944
1921 1,828 140 5 4,472
1920 1,819 137 < 5 --
1919 1,940 122 7 3,471
1918 1,916 124 10 2,727
1917 1,737 126 17 1,835
1916 1,899 114 11 2,413
1915 1,683 119 8 2,871
1914 1,500 105 5 3,351
1913 1,288 103 < 5 --
1912 1,253 98 5 2,626
1911 1,022 91 < 5 --
1910 1,079 85 5 1,642
1909 969 85 < 5 --
1908 962 83 7 1,134
1907 969 80 8 1,015
1906 952 77 7 1,031
1905 1,044 72 < 5 --
1904 993 70 < 5 --
1903 986 70 9 800
1902 1,081 62 < 5 --
1901 1,027 58 < 5 --
1900 1,389 55 8 981
1899 1,056 58 < 5 --
1898 1,304 51 < 5 --
1897 1,246 49 < 5 --
1896 1,204 52 < 5 --
1895 1,295 49 9 750
1894 1,319 46 7 880
1893 1,308 44 < 5 --
1892 1,419 39 5 1,101
1891 1,343 35 6 866
1890 1,386 36 9 678
1889 1,365 32 7 815
1888 1,433 31 9 713
1887 1,257 27 < 5 --
1886 1,231 28 6 867
1885 1,253 23 5 969
1884 1,244 23 9 673
1883 1,081 24 < 5 --
1882 1,076 21 < 5 --
1881 969 18 7 723
1880 1,045 15 6 835

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.