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girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Alora

Meaning my dream Gender Girl Rank 2025 #195 Trend ↑ Rising 293%

From Botswana, it means "my dream" in the Bantu languages.

Rank 2025
#195
among girls · ↑29 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,614
named Alora · +17% vs 2024
How common
1 in 996
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
1,614 babies
All-time total
11,893
#1,503 all-time among girls
First recorded
1918
in Social Security records

Alora popularity over time

11,893 babies have been named Alora since 1918, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s 7 1 – #3,881
1920s 15 2 +114% #3,413
1930s 13 1 -13% #3,356
1940s 19 2 +46% #3,622
1950s 15 2 -21% #5,425
1960s 36 4 +140% #3,924
1970s 35 4 -3% #5,829
1980s 136 14 +289% #1,435
1990s 946 95 +596% #1,422
2000s 1,561 156 +65% #1,227
2010s 2,280 228 +46% #714
2020s (to 2025) 6,830 1,138 +399% #195

Where Alora is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 2,031 1.26 #144
2027 2,469 1.54 #110
2028 2,915 1.81 #87
2029 3,357 2.09 #73
2030 3,785 2.35 #61

Where Alora is most popular

Girls named Alora per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.782 per 1,000. Strongest in Alaska, Hawaii, and Delaware.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Alora born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Alaska 29 3.37 +331%
Hawaii 33 2.88 +268%
Delaware 21 1.85 +137%
New Mexico 39 1.60 +105%
West Virginia 41 1.56 +100%
Mississippi 71 1.52 +94%
Rhode Island 18 1.44 +84%
Oklahoma 101 1.37 +75%
North Dakota 18 1.37 +75%
Georgia 311 1.37 +75%
Arkansas 72 1.36 +74%
Nevada 63 1.36 +73%
Louisiana 117 1.34 +71%
Montana 18 1.33 +70%
Alabama 118 1.26 +61%
Kentucky 106 1.24 +58%
Virginia 202 1.19 +52%
Wisconsin 122 1.18 +51%
Florida 506 1.18 +51%
South Carolina 106 1.18 +51%
Maryland 123 1.16 +48%
North Carolina 260 1.14 +46%
Tennessee 173 1.09 +40%
Kansas 63 1.09 +40%
Nebraska 39 1.08 +39%
Pennsylvania 256 1.08 +38%
Arizona 150 1.07 +37%
Idaho 34 1.02 +30%
Michigan 179 0.983 +26%
Connecticut 55 0.945 +21%
Texas 721 0.896 +15%
Colorado 99 0.887 +13%
Oregon 57 0.875 +12%
Washington 124 0.858 +10%
South Dakota 12 0.841 +7%
Missouri 101 0.838 +7%
Minnesota 88 0.815 ≈ national
Massachusetts 98 0.811 ≈ national
New York 312 0.788 ≈ national
Utah 64 0.769 ≈ national
Indiana 105 0.748 ≈ national
Ohio 177 0.746 -5%
Iowa 41 0.702 -10%
New Jersey 125 0.693 -11%
Maine 10 0.646 -17%
California 519 0.617 -21%
Illinois 141 0.616 -21%
New Hampshire 11 0.596 -24%
District of Columbia – – –
Vermont – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Alora

Alora is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #195 in 2025 with 1,614 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1918, 11,893 American babies have been named Alora. Its peak came in 2025, when 1,614 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Alora stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Alora?

The median living Alora is about 4 years old; half are between 1 and 14. An estimated 12 thousand people named Alora are alive in the United States today.

median 4 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Alora year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 1,614 #195
2024 1,380 #224
2023 1,492 #200
2022 1,183 #267
2021 676 #463
2020 485 #599
2019 400 #714
2018 291 #920
2017 258 #1,006
2016 228 #1,113
2015 207 #1,204
2014 192 #1,258
2013 184 #1,281
2012 173 #1,351
2011 182 #1,293
2010 165 #1,392
2009 157 #1,478
2008 162 #1,454
2007 161 #1,453
2006 189 #1,268
2005 161 #1,351
2004 172 #1,258
2003 172 #1,227
2002 146 #1,329
2001 114 #1,612
2000 127 #1,447
1995 85 #1,718
1990 108 #1,445
1985 6 #9,344
1980 5 #10,428
1975 6 #8,010
1970 8 #5,829
1965 – –
1960 11 #3,924
1955 5 #5,844
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 8 #3,356
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Alora, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Alora?

The median living Alora is about 4 years old. Half of all living Aloras are between 1 and 14 years old.

How many people named Alora are alive today?

An estimated 12 thousand people named Alora are alive in the United States, based on 11,893 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Alora mean?

From Botswana, it means "my dream" in the Bantu languages.

How popular is the name Alora in 2025?

Alora ranked #195 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,614 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Alora?

11,893 babies have been named Alora in the United States since 1918, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Alora most popular?

Alora peaked in 2025, when 1,614 newborns received the name.

Is Alora a boy or girl name?

Alora is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Alora rising or falling?

Alora is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Alora become more popular?

Alora is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 3,785 girls named Alora in 2030, which would rank around #61. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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