Cora

Meaning: Maiden
Origin: Greek — Latinized form of Kore

Nicknames: Cory

Girl's name · #113 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Cora was #15 in 1880, slipped to #878 by 1988, and has climbed back to #113 today. About 156,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#47 in N. Ireland (2025) · #77 in Scotland (2025) · #86 in Ireland (2025) · #132 in England & Wales (2025) · #172 in New Zealand (2025) · #473 in Italy (2024) · #509 in Canada (2025) · #678 in Switzerland (2025) · #683 in Austria (2025) · #749 in Poland (2025) · #1,925 in Ecuador (2025) · #4,042 in France (2025) and 1 more.

Famous Coras

Cora Schumacher — German television personality (born 1976)
Cora Jade — American professional wrestler (born 2001)
Cora Pearl — English courtesan (1836–1886)
Cora Witherspoon — American actress (1890–1957)
Cora Sue Collins — American child actress (1927–2025)

In stories & tradition

Cora Cross — Fictional character from EastEnders
Cora^fr — Inca mythology
Cora Angelique — The Belle of New York (musical stage work)

What Coras become

Among 343 notable people named Cora:

Medical professionals appear 2.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Cora Belle Brewster, American physician (1859–1937).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Kora (#491), Cora would rank around #82 with about 3,000 births last year — the newborns split about 80/20 between Cora and Kora.

Similar names: Kora · Lena · Kori · Vera · Lydia · Georgia

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