Allora
Feminine
Allora is a word in Italian, where it means then, or so, or well now, and it opens more Italian sentences than almost any other. As an American name it is something else: a member of the Alora and Aurora rhyme family, chosen for its shape rather than for anything it says.
How old is the name Allora?
Allora first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Allora alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 500 people named Allora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Allora most popular?
Allora peaked in 2023, reaching #4746 nationally. Today it ranks #4758, 12 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Allora
There is a shape American parents have been reaching for since the two-thousands: three syllables, an open ending, and a liquid l or r in the middle. Aurora, Aurelia, Alora, Elora and Allora all have it, and they move through the class lists together. Allora belongs to that group. That it is also the word an Italian says while gathering their thoughts is a coincidence, and a charming one for anyone who knows Italian, because it means the name is already in the mouth of every Italian speaker on earth several times a day.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Not documented as a name. The Italian allora, then or so, is a real and very common word, but no Italian tradition uses it as a name. Aurora, Latin for dawn, and Alora, an American coinage, both sit close by, and the American name belongs with those rather than with the Italian adverb.
Pronouncing Allora
uh-LOR-uh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Italian says ahl-LOH-rah with a doubled l that English does not reproduce.
Nicknames for Allora
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1989
- Most girls named
- 202328 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4746reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +33.3%28 in 2025, from 21
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Allora in other languages
Alloras among us
people named Allora are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 57,402 born in 2025 was named Allora
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Allora
- #4758
- Allora on the 2025 chart
- #191
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Allora went to 28 girls in 2025, but Alora and Alorah are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 1,736, which makes it the 191st most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,567 places above the chart.
and 2 rarer spellings.
About 1 girl in 926 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 57,402 for Allora itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ngozi test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Allora's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ngozi climbed just as high around 1981, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ngozi's path sketches the road Allora is walking now.
Allora sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Allora is headed
Allora should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Allora beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Allora in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The rhythm is soft and open, which sits well against short surnames.
- Allie works as a short form and is instantly familiar.
- It is genuinely rare while sounding like several names everyone knows.
- Alora, Allora and Elora are all in use and nearly identical in speech.
- Italian speakers will recognize a common adverb and mention it.
- Aurora is close enough in sound that it will be written instead.
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Frequently asked
- How many Alloras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Allora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Allora?
- Allora is one of 3 recorded spellings. Alora is the more common one — 1,614 births in 2025 against 28 for Allora.
- How popular is the name Allora in 2025?
- Allora ranks #4758 among US girl names in 2025, with 28 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Allora?
- About 1 in every 57,402 US girls born in 2025 was named Allora — 28 in all.
- Will my child share the name Allora with classmates?
- Allora will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Allora
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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