girl's name
Sanora
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 375
Sanora is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2024, when 25 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 255,037 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1942.
Sanora over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1940s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 16 |
| 1950s | 37 |
| 1960s | 69 |
| 1970s | 47 |
| 1980s | 30 |
| 1990s | 33 |
| 2000s | 58 |
| 2010s | 42 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 43 |
How popular is Sanora?
In 2025, Sanora was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
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 Sanora
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Sanora also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Sanora over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Sanora
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Sanora — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Sanora
How popular is the name Sanora?
In 2025, Sanora was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Sanora a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanora is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Sanora most popular?
Sanora peaked in 2024, when 25 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Sanora a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Sanora currently ranks #8,149 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.