The name Norah is of Irish origin, and is a variation of Nora.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Norah has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Norah
Use of the Name Norah for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
1,050
773
773
773
773
773
470
The table below indicates the number of times the name Norah has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Norah
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
618
9
1881
485
13
1882
523
13
1883
432
20
1884
633
12
1885
569
15
1886
686
12
1887
835
9
1888
683
15
1889
1890
861
11
1891
688
16
1892
948
11
1893
757
16
1894
891
13
1895
761
18
1896
781
18
1897
672
22
1898
1899
1900
912
18
1901
1902
897
16
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
811
303
2004
588
470
Totals:
1,050
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Norah as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Norah appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 21 times during the last 125 years.