girls:
1.6k births since 1972
#4158 (27th percentile)
boys:
538 births since 2004
#4048 (12th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1972
#5651 (27th percentile)
The name Sora is the #5,651 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,136 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 27.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,158 (27.2% percentile) for all time with 1,598 births since 1972. For boys, it ranks #4,048 (11.7% percentile) for all time with 538 births since 2004.
Sora first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for girls and 2004 for boys).
The name Sora has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 65.6% of babies named Sora were girls.
For girls, Sora reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 10.8% percentile (ranked #845) with 61 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 61 births per million (ranked 10.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sora is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #845 (10.8% percentile) with 61 births per million.
For boys, Sora reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #852) with 41 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 41 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sora ranks #860 for boys (5.6% percentile) with 31 births per million, which is 74.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sora".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sora. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.0% confident that Sora is pronounced as SAW-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SOH-ruh, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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