girls:
972 births since 1898
#4744 (17th percentile)
boys:
26 births since 1971
#4560 (1st percentile)
overall:
998 births since 1898
#6741 (13th percentile)
The name Tora is the #6,741 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 998 recorded births since 1898. This represents the 12.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,744 (17.0% percentile) for all time with 972 births since 1898. For boys, it ranks #4,560 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 26 births since 1971.
Tora first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1898 (1898 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Tora is available in 74 out of the 126 years between 1898 and 2023 (74 years for girls and 4 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tora has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Tora reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #712) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 34 births per million (ranked 6.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2015, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Tora ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 11.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tora reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #664) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1978.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tora".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Tora. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Tora is pronounced as TAW-ruh, which has 2 syllables.
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