Cora

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Cora is a given name with multiple origins. It was used by James Fenimore Cooper for a character in his 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans. It is today most commonly viewed as a variant name derived from the Ancient Greek ฮšฯŒฯฮท, an epithet of the Greek goddess Persephone.

From Wikipedia

Cora first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2018 with 113 babies (rank #284 that year). In 2024 it was given to 70 girls (rank #429). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Cora

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Cora yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,062
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
113
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199122#867
199220#932
199329#746
199420#880
199534#665
199630#728
199733#671
199833#676
199933#677
200046#525
200135#653
200246#525
200335#683
200433#710
200543#602
200656#505
200758#508
200853#562
200973#420
201061#493
201175#416
201281#391
201378#410
2014100#327
2015104#319
201690#382
201790#363
2018113#284
2019106#297
202087#356
2021101#313
202291#314
202383#350
202470#429