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Sora

#1,959 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Sky

Sora has been given to 2,462 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #1,959 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 108 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% girls, 27% boys all-time.

Babies named Sora, 2025

1 in 33,500

Sora over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Sora over time

In 2025, Sora went to 61% girls and 39% boys.

19722025

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.

Sora: meaning, origin, and history

Sky

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sora means

Sora means “sky”.

Origin, language, and formation

Sora is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,799 girls were recorded with the name Sora between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 108 in 2023; its best national rank was #1,864 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,214 in 2020 to #1,959 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,173 in 2015 to #1,959 in 2025.

In the United States, 663 boys were recorded with the name Sora between 2004 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 77 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,994 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,406 in 2020 to #2,250 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,502 in 2015 to #2,250 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Sora?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 33,500
99 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 16,200
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,959
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
23,212 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sora 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 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 23,212 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sora. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Soras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sora was born before 2014 — so the typical Sora is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
81.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,799
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Choose a decade

2010s — 33.5% of all recorded uses (602).

Is Sora 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
+20
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+255
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,214
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.87×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
91.7%
Peak was 2023 (108)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,864
2023

Spellings of Sora

Sora is not the most common spelling — Sarah is, with 21.8% against Sora's 0.04%.

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 Sora is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Sora was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 6,250 girls, against 1 in 21,091 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

116 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 6,250
  2. 2New York1 in 12,500
  3. 3California1 in 14,286
  4. 4Colorado1 in 20,000
  5. 5Oregon1 in 25,000
  6. 6Washington1 in 25,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 33,333
  8. 8Georgia1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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.

Where Sora is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Sora was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 581,962 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Colorado1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Minnesota1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Oregon1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 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. Sora has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sora around the world

Where Sora 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
    1997–2025
    #3,705
    in 2025
  • France
    1997–2025
    #2,766
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2006–2024
    #1,709
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2011–2013
    #818
    in 2013

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.

Sora by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,959
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 255
Best rank ever
#1,864
2023
Peak year
2023
108 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,799
Count in 2025
99

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,250
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,156
Best rank ever
#1,994
2022
Peak year
2022
77 that year
First recorded
2004
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
663
Count in 2025
63

Names similar to Sora

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

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