Cora

femaleGreek, via Latin transmission

A Latinized form of Kore (Greek Κόρη), from Greek mythology. Popularised in English by James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans (1826); may also be a short form of Cordula or Corinna.

Origin: Greek, via Latin transmission

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #33 in Northern Ireland in 2021. See regions.

Cora: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #33 in 2021, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
124times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#33highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Cora's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Moved 143 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

KOR-uh/ˈkɔɹ.ə/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (5) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Greek, via Latin transmission
Meaning: A Latinized form of Kore (Greek Κόρη), from Greek mythology. Popularised in English by James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans (1826); may also be a short form of Cordula or Corinna.
Pronunciation: KOR-uh
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Greek, via Latin transmission

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#635
1997	#1074
1998	#664
1999	#521
2000	#405
2001	#605
2002	#620
2003	#486
2004	#590
2005	#545
2006	#571
2007	#666
2008	#691
2009	#537
2010	#438
2011	#458
2012	#302
2013	#315
2014	#242
2015	#235
2016	#263
2017	#209
2018	#158
2019	#158
2020	#153
2021	#149
2022	#140
2023	#152
2024	#134
2025	#132

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2025: #86 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #132 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #145 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #132 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Cora appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,876 births with the name.

Cora across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cora's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#145 (1964)	#77 (2024)	#86 (2025)	62 of 62	1,876 (1964–2025)	66 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#635 (1996)	#132 (2025)	#132 (2025)	30 of 30	4,845 (1996–2025)	373 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#172 (1997)	#33 (2021)	#40 (2024)	28 of 28	978 (1997–2024)	56 (2021)
New Zealand · Girls	#80 (2018)	#76 (2019)	#76 (2019)	2 of 2	99 (2018–2019)	50 (2019)

Cora by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cora in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	188	6 of 10	31
1970s	316	10 of 10	32
1980s	178	10 of 10	18
1990s	164	10 of 10	16
2000s	286	10 of 10	29
2010s	396	10 of 10	40
2020sbusiest	348	6 of 10	58

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 58 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Cora appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #33, first reached in 2021.

It held a top-100 place in 25 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 373 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Cora was ranked #33 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Meabh#28
Eva#30
Maisie#31
Katie#32
Hannah#34
Ivy#34
Cara#36
Clodagh#36

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Constantinos · #1367, 24y
Cooper · #4, 29y
Corah · #638, 17y
Coral · #290, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Celine · #32, 62y
Damien · #34, 62y
Debbie · #31, 67y
Janine · #31, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aidan · #33, 62y
Aiden · #33, 62y
Georgina · #33, 62y
Melinda · #33, 61y

Cora and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cora without appearing here.

Cora moved ahead of

Sharon
In 2008 they stood at #691 and #589 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #537 and #958.
Jordan
In 2004 they stood at #590 and #581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #545 and #951.
Shauna
In 2008 they stood at #691 and #668 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #537 and #916.
Rachael
In 2009 they stood at #537 and #474 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #438 and #730.

Moved ahead of Cora

Ava
In 1996 they stood at #635 and #753 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1074 and #500.
Willow
In 2000 they stood at #405 and #427 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #605 and #251.
Violet
In 2004 they stood at #590 and #607 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #545 and #273.
Mila
In 2010 they stood at #438 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #458 and #261.

Moved the opposite way to Cora

Audrey
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cora went from #145 to #86 while Audrey went from #85 to #885.
Elaine
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cora went from #145 to #86 while Elaine went from #58 to #608.
Ida
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cora went from #145 to #86 while Ida went from #372 to #885.
Julia
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cora went from #145 to #86 while Julia went from #42 to #118.

Moved the same way as Cora

Emma
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cora went from #145 to #86 and Emma from #245 to #28.
Hannah
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cora went from #145 to #86 and Hannah from #91 to #21.
Kate
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cora went from #145 to #86 and Kate from #300 to #52.
Lucy
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cora went from #145 to #86 and Lucy from #154 to #16.

Meaning & Origin

A Latinized form of Kore (Greek Κόρη), from Greek mythology. Popularised in English by James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans (1826); may also be a short form of Cordula or Corinna.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Greek, via Latin transmission

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Cora is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Cora, between 1964 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1964–2025	62	#77 in 2024
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#132 in 2025
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	28	#33 in 2021
New Zealand	2018–2019	2	#76 in 2019
Scotland	2024	1	#60 in 2024

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

KOR-uh/ˈkɔɹ.ə/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Cora Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Cora in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

England and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Cora

Cora at a glance

What stands out in Cora's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cora across 4 official records

Cora by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Cora appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Cora

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Cora and the names beside it

Cora moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cora

Moved the opposite way to Cora

Moved the same way as Cora

Meaning & Origin

Where Cora is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Cora Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Cora at a glance

What stands out in Cora's record

Cora across 4 official records

Cora by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Cora appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Cora

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Cora and the names beside it

Cora moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cora

Moved the opposite way to Cora

Moved the same way as Cora