Given name & surname
Sora
“resembling a chirping songbird”
Sora is used as a given name and a surname. One Native American interpretation is “resembling a chirping songbird.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “resembling a chirping songbird.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sora through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,462
- 663 boys · 1,799 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 169 babies
- 2025
- 162
- #1,959 for girls · #2,250 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +50%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 37% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 99 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,959 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 63 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (21). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,930 as a first name in 2020; 253 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sora’s family of names
Sora has a related form in Sorah. Sora has a related form in Sorra. Sora has a related form in Sorrah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Sora has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sora
- Sola Aoiformer Japanese AV idol (born 1981)
- Sora AmamiyaJapanese voice actress and singer (born 1993)
- Sora TokuiJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1989
- Sora EshontoʻrayevaSoviet-Uzbek actress (1911-1998)
- Sora KoboriJapanese association football playerborn 2002
- Sora HiragaJapanese association football playerborn 2005
- Kawai Sora1649–1710
- Sora MatsushimaJapanese table tennis playerborn 2007
- Sora TanakaJapanese association football playerborn 2004
Characters named Sora: Sora (main protagonist of the Kingdom Hearts video game series), Sora Takenouchi (Digimon Adventure), Tokino Sora (Japanese virtual YouTuber).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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