Is Bora a boy or girl name?

Bora is a unisex name. Of the 636 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 33.7% were girls and 66.3% were boys. It changed hands in 2025, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Bora

Recorded 1981–2025 · United States

Bora was most popular in 2019, when 34 American babies were given the name — ranking #7,231 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,077, with 29 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 636 people named Bora.

Bora over time

Births per year. The dot marks Bora’s peak in 2019. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Bora a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Bora is a unisex name — 33.7% of the 636 Americans given it were girls and 66.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 52% girls and 48% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org