Fedora

Girls' name

Form of Theodora

Fedora has been given to 250 babies in the U.S. since 1894. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1916, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Fedora, 2020

1 in 557,000

Fedora over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Fedora: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Theodora

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Fedora means

Fedora is a form of Theodora.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Fedora is used in Russian (Rare) and Italian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /fʲɪ.ˈdo.rə/ and /fe.ˈdɔ.ra/ for Fedora.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Fedora → Theodora → Theodore. The family’s meaning is “god + gift”, recorded in English with the source elements θεός and δῶρον.

Origin, language, and formation

Fedora is used in Italian.

Fedora comes through Russian Федора.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Theodora and Фёдор.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 250 girls were recorded with the name Fedora between 1894 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1916; its best national rank was #1,561 in 1894.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Fedora?

Fedora had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020: 1 in 557,000; 6 of 3,342,313 births
Among girls only: 1 in 269,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2020: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 386,120 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Fedora sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2020 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 386,120 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fedora. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fedoras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fedora was born before 1925 — so the typical Fedora is around 100 today.

Median birth year: 1925; About 100 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 27.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 20.4%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 87; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 27.2% of all recorded uses (68).

Is Fedora rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1916 (17)
Years since peak: 109; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,561; 1894

Spellings of Fedora

Fedora is not the most common spelling — Dora is, with 35.1% against Fedora's 0.08%.

Dora35.1%105,930
Flora23.5%70,971
Lenora12.3%37,058
Debora10.0%30,133
Leora4.0%12,119
Elora2.9%8,811
Nedra2.4%7,104
Dedra1.5%4,418

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Fedora around the world

Where Fedora ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2008–2025
#5,927
in 2025
France
1900–2024
#7,312
in 2024
Canada
2024–2024
#3,027
in 2024
South Australia
2012–2012
#871
in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Fedora by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,561; 1894
Peak year: 1916; 17 that year
First recorded: 1894
Last recorded: 2020
All-time count: 250
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Fedora

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sefora Lynora Aulora Adaora Federica Jinora Melora Sanora Eleora Valora Velora Jamora Zemora Allora Janora Camora Izadora Diora Simora Samora Kiora Evora Arora Khamora

Sibling names for Fedora

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Era Leatha Leone Artie Alpha Hettie Cecil Ona

For a brother

Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman Regis Sydney Meyer

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