Cora

Girl Ancient Greek #93 in 2023

Cora is a girl name of Ancient Greek origin.

Meaning of Cora

Apparently brought up in English literature by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans (1826), but compare a female heroine of this name in Jean-François Marmontel's Les Incas (1777) and the - epithet Κόρη for Περσεφόνη. It could also refer directly to κόρη.

Popularity of Cora

Popularity, 1880–2023

2,749 births in 2023

1880 2023

151,007 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

2019

3,601 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.