Sora
Sora was the 1959th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 99 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1864th with 108 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,214 places. More babies were named Sora in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,959 girls, up 255 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 99girls
- Girls and boys
- 61% girls, 39% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023108 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,462babies recorded
Sora popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,959 | #2,250 | 99 | 63 |
| 2020 | #2,214 | #3,408 | 82 | 33 |
| 2010 | #2,638 | #5,440 | 69 | 17 |
| 2000 | #5,133 | — | 23 | — |
| 1990 | #9,152 | — | 9 | — |
| 1980 | #5,863 | — | 12 | — |
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How popular is Sora, counting every spelling?
Sora has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Sora?
99 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sora (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sora 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 85 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sora.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sora?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Sora are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 5 and 21. That makes Sora 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.
Sora by state
How common Sora was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (2.6×), California (1.5×). In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Sora
How popular is the name Sora?
Sora was the 1959th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 99 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1864th with 108 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,214 places. More babies were named Sora in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Sora a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 61% girls, 39% boys given the name Sora in the US.
Where is Sora most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sora was most common in New Jersey (0.15 per 1,000 girls), followed by Colorado and California.