Mora
Mora is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Mora
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mora is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Mora
American parents first put Mora on the record books as a baby girl name in 1881, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 24 Moras were born — ranking #5,306 that year. As of 2026, Mora ranks #7,534 for baby girls with 14 births, falling sharply (-26%). All told, over 959 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Mora
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Mora. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Mora
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About the name Mora
Mora is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 959 births in the dataset. Mora's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #733. Use the chart and map above to compare Mora'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.