Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ora

Gender

Male

Origin

Spanish
Gold
Greek
Gentle breeze
Hebrew
Light
Latin
Golden, variant of Aura and Aurelia

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Ora

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1919 (rank #477, 158 births); most recent 2024 (rank #12301, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1919 (rank #203, 921 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3712, 40 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–40
2024545
2023–44
2022–41
2021–39
2020–34
20191038
2018–42
2017–26
2016535

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #2757, 9 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3332, 7 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20257
2024–
20235
20224
20216
20208
20196
20183
2017–
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #1081, 33 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202333
202229
202123
202026
201922
201814
201717
201618
201512
201411

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence