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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 213 babies (rank #235 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

1,839

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

213

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
1996	38	#637
1997	18	#1,082
1998	37	#666
1999	55	#525
2000	78	#405
2001	43	#606
2002	44	#621
2003	66	#486
2004	52	#590
2005	61	#547
2006	60	#573
2007	52	#667
2008	52	#692
2009	74	#538
2010	96	#440
2011	93	#461
2012	159	#302
2013	149	#316
2014	206	#243
2015	213	#235
2016	193	#263