Norah

“Variant of Nora — Honor” — Latin via Honora origin

Girl's name · #262 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Norah's best rank, #137, came in 2017; it has settled back to #262 today. Roughly 34,000 girls have been named Norah since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Together with its spelling variant Nora (#20), Norah would rank around #13 with about 7,600 births last year — the newborns split about 84/16 between Nora and Norah.

Around the world: #94 in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Norahs

Norah Jones — American musician (born 1979)
Norah Borges — Argentine illustrator (1901-1998)
Norah Vincent — American writer (1968–2022)
Norah Jeruto — Kenyan female steeplechase runner
Norah Lange — Argentine author (1905–1972)

In stories & tradition

Norah Winters — Earth-616
Norah Arendt — Spice and Wolf · Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf
Norah Chalmers — The Girl from Kays

What Norahs become

Among 135 notable people named Norah:

Artists & writers appear 1.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Norah Vincent, American writer (1968–2022).

Similar names: Noora · Adalyn · Noah · Lilliana · Nova · Noelle

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