Gamora
Gamora is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/artist Jim Starlin, the character first appeared in Strange Tales #180. Gamora is the adopted daughter of Thanos and the last of her species. Her powers include superhuman strength and agility and an accelerated healing factor.
Meaning & Origin of Gamora
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gamora is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/artist Jim Starlin, the character first appeared in Strange Tales #180. Gamora is the adopted daughter of Thanos and the last of her species. Her powers include superhuman strength and agility and an accelerated healing factor.
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The Story of Gamora
American parents first put Gamora on the record books as a baby girl name in 2019, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 8 Gamoras were born — ranking #11,351 that year. About 60% of every Gamora on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Gamora last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 20 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Gamora
Gamora is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2019 and has accumulated 20 births in the dataset. Gamora's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #11,351. Use the chart and map above to compare Gamora's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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