Annora
Feminine · “honor”
Annora is a medieval English name, and it is what England made of Honora — the Latin word for honor, with the initial H worn off by four centuries of speech.
How old is the name Annora?
Annora first appears in US birth records in 1919 — 106 years ago. The typical Annora is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Annora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Annora most popular?
Annora peaked in 2017, reaching #1976 nationally. Today it ranks #3712, 1,736 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From honor to Annora
The story of Annora
Honora came to England with the Normans and was in steady use through the Middle Ages, and English speakers dropped the H — a change the language has made repeatedly, giving us hour and heir with silent aitches. Annora appears in medieval English documents in its own right and was borne by a thirteenth-century anchoress. Its modern revival is recent and belongs with Nora, Cora and Eleanora.
Meaningscholars disagree
honor
The usual derivation takes Annora from Honora, from Latin honor, which Norman families brought to England. A second account treats it as a form of Anna with a Latin ending. The medieval English record has both Annora and Honora side by side.
How the name formed
- honor
- Honora
- Annora
Related forms: Honora · Nóra · Onora
Pronouncing Annora
uh-NOR-uh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Some families say AN-uh-rah.
Nicknames for Annora
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
- 1919
- Most girls named
- 2017100 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1976reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- −2.4%40 in 2025, from 41
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.
Annora in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Honora in English — related form
- Nóra in Irish — related form
- Onora in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Annoras among us
people named Annora are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 40,182 born in 2025 was named Annora
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Annora
- #3712
- Annora on the 2025 chart
- #754
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Annora went to 40 girls in 2025, but Anora and Anorah are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 207, which makes it the 754th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,958 places above the chart.
- Anora144
- Annora40
- Anorah23
About 1 girl in 7,765 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 40,182 for Annora 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 Alexie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Annora's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Alexie climbed just as high around 1998, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Alexie's path sketches the road Annora is walking now.
Annora 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 Annora is headed
Annora 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.
Annora beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Annora in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented medieval English name with real thirteenth-century use.
- Nora and Annie are both complete short forms in current use.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- The stress is unsettled between the first and second syllables.
- Annora, Anora and Honora are all in use and none is dominant.
- The meaning is contested between two quite different readings.
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Frequently asked
- How many Annoras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Annora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Annora?
- Annora is one of 3 recorded spellings. Anora is the more common one — 144 births in 2025 against 40 for Annora.
- How popular is the name Annora in 2025?
- Annora ranks #3712 among US girl names in 2025, with 40 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Annora?
- About 1 in every 40,182 US girls born in 2025 was named Annora — 40 in all.
- Will my child share the name Annora with classmates?
- Annora will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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