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How popular is the name Norah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Norahs are alive today.
Norah (female), a spelling of Nora, sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 240th in 2025 with 195 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1914, when around 1,100 babies were given the name, the 56th most popular that year. It has declined since 1914; the 2025 figure is roughly 18% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 40,000 babies have been named Norah in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Across all spellings of the name, the Nora you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 79: the name has two living generations. Half of all Noras born in England and Wales are between 23 and 79, and there are at least 26,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 7.9% chance that at least one of them will be called Nora.
How many babies are named Norah each year?
Includes all spellings: Norah, Nora. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Norah spelling rank?
Where does the Nora spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Norah most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Nora, peaked in 1914, when around 1,400 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Norah spelling itself peaked in 1914, with around 1,100 babies.
How many people are called Norah?
At least 26,000 people named Norah in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Norah?
Most living Norahs are between 23 and 79; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 79.
Is Norah becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1914 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.