Cora

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2019 with 3,601 babies (rank #71 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,570 girls (rank #102). The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

153,964

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

3,601

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Downton Abbey: Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	1,045	#15
1881	969	#18
1882	1,076	#21
1883	1,081	#24
1884	1,244	#23
1885	1,253	#23
1886	1,231	#28
1887	1,257	#27
1888	1,433	#31
1889	1,365	#32
1890	1,386	#36
1891	1,343	#35
1892	1,419	#39
1893	1,308	#44
1894	1,319	#46
1895	1,295	#49
1896	1,204	#52
1897	1,246	#49
1898	1,304	#51
1899	1,056	#58
1900	1,389	#55
1901	1,027	#58
1902	1,081	#62
1903	986	#70
1904	993	#70
1905	1,044	#72
1906	952	#77
1907	969	#80
1908	962	#83
1909	969	#85
1910	1,079	#85
1911	1,022	#91
1912	1,253	#98
1913	1,288	#103
1914	1,500	#105
1915	1,683	#119
1916	1,899	#114
1917	1,737	#126
1918	1,916	#124
1919	1,940	#122
1920	1,819	#137
1921	1,828	#140
1922	1,762	#140
1923	1,691	#149
1924	1,630	#155
1925	1,679	#150
1926	1,477	#158
1927	1,493	#158
1928	1,393	#155
1929	1,389	#153
1930	1,272	#161
1931	1,185	#160
1932	1,136	#169
1933	1,157	#157
1934	1,112	#168
1935	1,071	#175
1936	1,008	#181
1937	1,141	#176
1938	1,131	#178
1939	1,040	#183
1940	965	#191
1941	1,007	#186
1942	1,002	#202
1943	874	#225
1944	816	#231
1945	752	#244
1946	800	#251
1947	848	#259
1948	837	#266
1949	848	#264
1950	734	#289
1951	672	#300
1952	667	#312
1953	647	#323
1954	614	#346
1955	576	#365
1956	554	#374
1957	516	#407
1958	435	#458
1959	454	#454
1960	454	#460
1961	419	#476
1962	410	#479
1963	403	#480
1964	351	#525
1965	373	#493
1966	312	#534
1967	235	#620
1968	235	#630
1969	201	#703
1970	234	#678
1971	222	#687
1972	201	#712
1973	196	#725
1974	206	#709
1975	182	#775
1976	211	#700
1977	223	#699
1978	225	#702
1979	194	#814
1980	214	#770
1981	221	#749
1982	239	#724
1983	225	#730
1984	224	#731
1985	221	#768
1986	237	#743
1987	195	#873
1988	201	#878
1989	247	#782
1990	230	#856
1991	255	#803
1992	249	#807
1993	297	#718
1994	329	#654
1995	313	#679
1996	327	#673
1997	325	#669
1998	468	#536
1999	529	#491
2000	564	#481
2001	604	#460
2002	608	#467
2003	695	#434
2004	698	#437
2005	673	#452
2006	844	#384
2007	918	#353
2008	1,041	#323
2009	1,100	#303
2010	1,206	#275
2011	1,555	#203
2012	2,081	#155
2013	2,586	#126
2014	2,967	#103
2015	3,403	#88
2016	3,373	#87
2017	3,445	#83
2018	3,596	#73
2019	3,601	#71
2020	3,034	#88
2021	3,005	#87
2022	3,073	#75
2023	2,749	#93
2024	2,570	#102