Bora

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bora: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bora: Recorded since 2001, it reached #2,175 in 2016, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#2175highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2010	#5707
2014	#5691
2015	#4103
2017	#3583
2018	#4684
2019	#2869
2020	#2843
2021	#2499
2022	#2325
2023	#3218
2024	#4192

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 boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 23 years from 2001 to 2023.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #2587 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2023
Highest recorded position: #2175 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 2001–2023).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Bora appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 14 years beginning in 2001, and has registered 72 births with the name.

Bora across 2 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.

Bora'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2587 (2001)	#2175 (2016)	#2546 (2023)	14 of 23	72 (2001–2023)	10 (2016)
England and Wales · Girls	#4598 (2004)	#2325 (2022)	#4192 (2024)	12 of 21	73 (2004–2024)	11 (2022)

Bora by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Bora in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	25	6 of 10	4
2010s	21	4 of 10	5
2020s	26	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bora appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2175 in England and Wales in 2016.

Bora's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,175, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

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.

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Boran · #1252, 16y
Borgar · #279, 36y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Benedek · #2175, 14y
Carlito · #2174, 19y
Fadil · #2174, 18y
Gibril · #2174, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Benedek · #2175, 14y
Saiyan · #2175, 12y
Fadil · #2174, 18y
Gibril · #2174, 15y

Bora 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bora without appearing here.

Bora moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Bora

Rune Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2175 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #3449.
Mathias Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2587 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #1322.
Freddie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #3318.
Aksel Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #3589.

Moved the same way as Bora

Barry Compare
Between 2001 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Bora went from #2587 to #4001 and Barry from #786 to #4001.
Brent Compare
Between 2001 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Bora went from #2587 to #4001 and Brent from #1078 to #3449.
Courtney Compare
Between 2001 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Bora went from #2587 to #4001 and Courtney from #786 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 2001 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Bora went from #2587 to #4001 and Ole from #3134 to #4789.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2175 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bora

Bora at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bora across 2 official records

Bora by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bora appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Bora at a glance

Bora across 2 official records

Bora by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bora appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Bora and the names beside it

Bora moved ahead of

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