Nura
Nura was the 3238th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 49 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2918th with 57 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,447 places. More babies were named Nura in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,238 girls, up 198 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 49girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201957 babies
- Total since 1880
- 904babies recorded
Nura popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,238 | 49 |
| 2020 | #3,436 | 45 |
| 2010 | #6,836 | 19 |
| 2000 | #12,785 | 7 |
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How popular is Nura, counting every spelling?
Nura is the most common spelling of a name family that had 57 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 57 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nura | 49 | #3,238 | 244 |
| Nurah | 8 | #11,655 | 42 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Nura?
49 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nura (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nura born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 171 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nura.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nura?
About 900 people born in the US named Nura are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 21. That makes Nura a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Nura by state
How common Nura was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Nura
How popular is the name Nura?
Nura was the 3238th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 49 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2918th with 57 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,447 places. More babies were named Nura in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Nura a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Nura in the US.
Where is Nura most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nura was most common in New York (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Illinois.