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Nore

#8,059 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Shrunken One, through Nóri

Nore has been given to 134 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #8,059 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 15 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% boys, 20% girls all-time.

Babies named Nore, 2025

1 in 332,000

Nore over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Nore over time

In 2025, Nore went to 38% girls and 62% boys.

20022025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Nore: meaning, origin, and history

Shrunken One, through Nóri

Old Norse

What Nore means

Nore belongs to the name family reached through Nore → Nóri. Its meaning is “Shrunken One”.

Origin, language, and formation

Nore is used in Norwegian Nynorsk. Its origins include Old Norse.

Nore comes through Old Norse Nóri and Old Norse Nórr.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Nora, Nor and Nóri.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Norwegian Nynorsk, Nore is pronounced /²nuːrə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 107 boys were recorded with the name Nore between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2020; its best national rank was #5,893 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,893 in 2020 to #8,059 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,491 in 2015 to #8,059 in 2025.

In the United States, 27 girls were recorded with the name Nore between 2003 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2023; its best national rank was #14,455 in 2025.

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.

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How common is Nore?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,059
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nore sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nore. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nores were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nore was born before 2020 — so the typical Nore is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
60.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
107
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Choose a decade

2020s — 60.7% of all recorded uses (65).

Is Nore 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
+3,880
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,166
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+5,432
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 2020 (15)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,893
2020

Spellings of Nore

Nore is not the most common spelling — Jose is, with 21.9% against Nore's <0.01%.

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.

Where Nore is used

Across 1910–2025, Nore was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,664,768 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nore has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nore around the world

Where Nore 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.

  • France
    1974–2025
    #3,662
    in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Nore by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,059
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,166
Best rank ever
#5,893
2020
Peak year
2020
15 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
107
Count in 2025
10

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,455
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#14,455
2025
Peak year
2023
6 that year
First recorded
2003
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
27
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Nore

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

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Sibling names for Nore

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

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