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Girl's name · #262 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
Norah's best rank, #137, came in 2017; it has settled back to #262 today. Roughly 34,000 girls have been named Norah since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#73 in Netherlands (2025) · #156 in Scotland (2025) · #157 in N. Ireland (2025) · #194 in New Zealand (2025) · #235 in France (2025) · #240 in England & Wales (2025) · #273 in Belgium (2025) · #318 in Ireland (2025) · #420 in Switzerland (2025) · #449 in Norway (2025) · #558 in Sweden (2025) · #834 in Austria (2025) and 1 more.
Among 135 notable people named Norah:
Artists & writers appear 1.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Norah Vincent, American writer (1968–2022).
Together with its spelling variant Nora (#20), Norah would rank around #13 with about 7,600 births last year — the newborns split about 84/16 between Nora and Norah.
Similar names: Noora · Adalyn · Noah · Lilliana · Nova · Noelle
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