Sora

maleStatistical record

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

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

Sora: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #2,755, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2755highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1999	#3900
2003	#4373
2007	#5201
2011	#3549
2014	#5691
2015	#2945
2016	#5785
2017	#4763
2018	#5666
2020	#5493
2021	#3192
2022	#4645
2023	#2927
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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2024
Highest recorded position: #2755 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2007–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sora appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 15 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 66 births with the name.

Sora 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.

Sora'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 · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#2927 (2023)	#4192 (2024)	15 of 28	66 (1997–2024)	8 (2015)
England and Wales · Boys	#4333 (2007)	#2755 (2022)	#5119 (2024)	8 of 18	30 (2007–2024)	7 (2022)

Sora by decade in England and Wales · 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 Sora in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	27	6 of 10	5
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Sora 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2755 in England and Wales in 2022.

Sora'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,755, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

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 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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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Soraya · #570, 29y

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.

Cuthbert · #2755, 12y
Dhruva · #2755, 13y
Drin · #2755, 14y
Iker · #2755, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Cuthbert · #2755, 12y
Drin · #2755, 14y
Jaleel · #2754, 14y
Annamaria · #2759, 18y

Sora 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 Sora without appearing here.

Sora moved ahead of

Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Kirsten Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5666 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Sora

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2945 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2706.
Arlo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #4096.
Malin Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #3970.

What's not yet available

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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2755 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sora

Sora at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sora across 2 official records

Sora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sora appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sora and the names beside it

Sora moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sora

Sora at a glance

Sora across 2 official records

Sora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sora appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sora and the names beside it

Sora moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sora