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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

NoraIn Hebrew: נורה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Nora (Hebrew: נורה) is a girl's name of international origin. 3,746 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 16 girls and ranked #551. Its peak year was 1984, with 99 babies.

People in Israel
3,746
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
16
rank #551
Peak year
1984
99 babies
USA, 2025
6,380
rank #20

Writing and saying Nora

In Hebrew letters the name is נורה, read right to left. Nora is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Nora by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Nora: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Nora in English-speaking countries

Nora in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20256,380#202025 (6,380)
United Kingdom2025707#722025 (707)
England and Wales2025616#752025 (616)
Scotland202549#862024 (56)
Northern Ireland202542#432025 (42)
Ireland202582#621965 (310)
British Columbia202382#172022 (97)
Alberta2025113#82025 (113)
Quebec202597#532022 (104)
New South Wales2025128#522025 (128)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Nora has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Nora

How do you write Nora in Hebrew?

Nora is written נורה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Nora?

3,746 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name נורה: 3,746 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Nora a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named נורה are women.

Is Nora used outside Israel?

The name Nora appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 6,380 girls were given it in 2025 (#20), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 707 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.