Spellings
Cora or Kora?
In the US in 2025, 76% of babies in this name family were spelled Cora and 19% Kora. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Cora already led in 2015, with 85% of the family's births; it has 76% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 4,009 to 3,184 births (−21%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cora | 3,403 | 2,428 | −29% |
| Kora | 462 | 603 | +31% |
| Korra | 144 | 153 | +6% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈkɔrə/ (KOR-uh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Cora 5 births and Kora 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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