girls:
800 births since 1984
#4916 (14th percentile)
overall:
800 births since 1984
#6939 (10th percentile)
The name Noora is the #6,939 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 800 recorded births since 1984. This represents the 10.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,916 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 800 births since 1984.
Noora first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1984 (first recorded for girls in 1984).
For girls, Noora reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #905) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Noora is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #905 (4.4% percentile) with 27 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Noora".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Noora", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 10 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Nora" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Nora..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Noora. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.1% confident that Noora is pronounced as NOO-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NUE-ruh, at 23.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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