Izora
Feminine
Izora peaks in 1880, which is the first year American name records exist. That is not a discovery about the name; it is the edge of the data. Whatever Izora was really doing, it was doing it before anyone was counting.
How old is the name Izora?
Izora was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Izora alive today was born around 1919, making them about 106 years old. About 200 people named Izora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Izora most popular?
Izora peaked in 1880, reaching #518 nationally. Today it ranks #10107, 9,589 places below that high. See the whole 1880 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Izora
American national name records start in 1880, which means every name whose curve peaks in that first year is truncated. The graph shows a decline from the highest point available, but the true peak may have been in 1860 or 1840 and is simply invisible. Izora is one of those. It sits in the first year at a rank it never reaches again, and everything after is a long fade. This matters for reading any nineteenth-century name honestly: a name that looks like it was at its height in 1880 was probably already past it, and calling 1880 its peak year is a statement about record-keeping rather than about fashion. The names in this position are usually the ones an older generation had already been giving for decades, and by the time the counting began, they were on the way out.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Izora has no established etymology. It appears in nineteenth-century American records alongside Leora, Zora, Ora and Isadora and is most likely a member of that set rather than a borrowing from anywhere. Connections to Isaura, a region of Asia Minor, and to Zora, a Slavic word for dawn, are sometimes offered and are not documented for the American name.
Pronouncing Izora
ih-ZOR-uh
Three syllables, stress on the second. The first vowel is short and unstressed, which is why the spelling is sometimes written Isora or Ezora.
Nicknames for Izora
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
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 191537 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #518reached in 1880
- Change vs 2023
- +12.5%9 in 2025, from 8
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.
Izora in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Isora in English — spelling variant
- Zora in English — related form
Izoras among us
people named Izora are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 178,585 born in 2025 was named Izora
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Izora 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
Izora beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Izora in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Izzy and Zora are both current short forms.
- Three syllables with a clear stressed middle.
- It is genuinely rare without sounding invented.
- No documented meaning can be given for it.
- It will be heard as Isadora or Zora and corrected often.
- Its record peak is the first year of the data, so its real history is unrecoverable.
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Frequently asked
- How many Izoras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Izora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Izora in 2025?
- Izora ranks #10107 among US girl names in 2025, with 9 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Izora?
- About 1 in every 178,585 US girls born in 2025 was named Izora — 9 in all.
- Will my child share the name Izora with classmates?
- Izora will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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