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 Κόρη, 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 — 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 — 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