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How popular is the name Zora?

Births per year, rank history and how many Zoras are alive today.

Zora (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1512th in 2025 and given to 20 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2021, when 28 babies were given the name, the 1195th most popular that year. Zora is one spelling of a name also recorded as Zorah; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Zora you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Zoras born in England and Wales are between 4 and 15, and there are at least 250 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Zora - on average, only one in every 1,260 such rooms contains a Zora.

How many babies are named Zora each year?

Includes all spellings: Zora, Zorah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

01020200020201999: 32001: 52002: 32004: 52005: 52006: 42007: 52008: 42009: 42011: 32012: 72014: 42015: 112016: 42017: 62018: 172019: 112020: 202021: 282022: 202023: 212024: 172025: 24actual

Where does the Zora spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020201999: ranked 3,9002001: ranked 2,7832004: ranked 3,1972005: ranked 3,3822006: ranked 4,1572007: ranked 3,6672008: ranked 4,5242009: ranked 4,5642011: ranked 5,7852012: ranked 3,2852014: ranked 4,6842015: ranked 2,3282016: ranked 4,7632017: ranked 3,5832018: ranked 1,7112019: ranked 2,2862020: ranked 1,5072021: ranked 1,1952022: ranked 1,8492023: ranked 1,4692024: ranked 2,1162025: ranked 1,512

Where does the Zorah spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202002: ranked 4,1372022: ranked 3,9712024: ranked 4,8442025: ranked 4,867

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.

Chart: babies named Zora per year in England and Wales, 1999 to 2025, peaking at about 28 in 2021
Zora: births per year in England and Wales, 1999-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Zora most popular?

Zora peaked in 2021, when 28 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Zora?

At least 250 people named Zora in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Zora?

Most living Zoras are between 4 and 15; the most common age is about 4.

Is Zora becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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