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Sora Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Sora?

In 2018 the rare name Sora, ranked the 2,341st Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Sora would be a striking name choice.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #2,341 for the first time this year with 78 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Sora was less than 5, most recently in 1971.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Sora occurred roughly during the years 1994-1998, 1999-2006, 2007-2010, and 2016-2017, whereas 2010-2013 were years of successive downward movement.

Sora became more popular as a girls name in 1972.

Sora's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Sora lately has risen significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Sora?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at or near its highest point.

The name Sora is quite distinctive but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Sora (Girl)Sora (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 78 2,341 38 3,072
2017 66 2,650 38 3,106
2016 48 3,362 24 4,289
2015 53 3,164 31 3,574
2014 67 2,642 25 4,109
2013 36 4,140 19 4,942
2012 52 3,202 16 5,683
2011 52 3,215 8 9,465
2010 69 2,634 17 5,435
2009 35 4,355 14 6,372
2008 39 4,074 12 7,118
2007 38 4,119 12 7,013
2006 42 3,726 12 6,843
2005 36 4,022 8 8,967
2004 33 4,267 5 12,954
2003 33 4,099 < 5 --
2002 22 5,417 < 5 --
2001 26 4,669 < 5 --
2000 23 5,130 < 5 --
1999 12 8,162 < 5 --
1998 23 4,777 < 5 --
1997 11 8,263 < 5 --
1996 17 5,741 < 5 --
1995 11 8,014 < 5 --
1994 8 10,415 < 5 --
1993 17 5,647 < 5 --
1992 16 5,975 < 5 --
1991 23 4,474 < 5 --
1990 9 9,148 < 5 --
1989 13 6,483 < 5 --
1988 7 10,246 < 5 --
1987 7 9,685 < 5 --
1986 11 6,525 < 5 --
1985 9 7,477 < 5 --
1984 11 6,230 < 5 --
1983 9 7,208 < 5 --
1982 8 8,118 < 5 --
1981 10 6,744 < 5 --
1980 12 5,862 < 5 --
1979 12 5,712 < 5 --
1978 6 9,570 < 5 --
1977 11 5,839 < 5 --
1976 8 7,184 < 5 --
1975 8 7,051 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.