girl's name
Alora
a-LOR-a
- Origin Disputed
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 13,743
the United States
#195
2025 births
Alora is a girl's name of modern coinage with no settled origin. Sources offer "my dream" from an African language, a blend of Alora from Laura, and a Latin reading — none of which is documented, and its own history begins recently.
- Alora is a name of Disputed origin.
- Peaked in 2025, when 1,614 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 2,054 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1918.
Alora over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 |
| 1920s | 15 |
| 1930s | 13 |
| 1940s | 19 |
| 1950s | 15 |
| 1960s | 36 |
| 1970s | 35 |
| 1980s | 136 |
| 1990s | 946 |
| 2000s | 1,561 |
| 2010s | 2,280 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 6,830 |
What Alora means
Alora has no established meaning. My dream, laurel tree and the Lord is my light are all offered, each reasoning backwards from a different older name rather than from any record of Alora itself.
Where Alora comes from
Alora appears in our records from 1918 but was effectively unused for most of the century, and its modern rise is American. The explanations in circulation each attach it to a different parent: to Laura, from the Latin laurus, a laurel; to Eleanora and so to the disputed Eleanor; and to a claimed African word for a dream, which no source traces to a specific language. That pattern — several confident, incompatible meanings and no documentation — is the signature of a name built from sound. Alora sits in the same -ora and -ara group as Aurora, Amara and Adora.
Alora in use
Our data shows Alora peaking in 2025 and still rising, at 195 in the United States against 266 in England and Wales. It first appears in our records in 1918, so the current use is a revival of a name that never established itself rather than a new coinage.
How popular is Alora?
In 2025, Alora was given to 1,614 babies in the United States, ranking #195 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Alora is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Alora
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Alora also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Alora over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Alora
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Alora in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Alora
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Alora — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Alora
What does the name Alora mean?
There is no agreed meaning. "My dream," "laurel tree" and "the Lord is my light" are all offered, none documented.
Where does Alora come from?
No source establishes it. Each explanation attaches it to a different older name — Laura, Eleanora, or a claimed African word.
Why do sources disagree about Alora?
Because the name has no recorded history to work from. Each reference work reasons backwards from a different name it resembles.
How popular is the name Alora?
In 2025, Alora was given to 1,614 babies in the United States, ranking #195 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Alora a girl's or a boy's name?
Alora is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Alora most popular?
Alora peaked in 2025, when 1,614 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Alora?
Alora is usually shortened to Ally and Lora.
Is Alora a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Alora currently ranks #195 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.