Elora

What Elora means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Elora yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #958 in 2015, #354 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Elora?

US: Rising: up from #958 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #891 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 861 girls got the name (#354 that year). First in the US records in 1898.

How common

• About 1 in 1,867 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,260 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,627 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ME (2.57 per 1,000 girls), DC (2.48 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.93 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Elora is #354 in the US and #232 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Elora were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Alora1,614 US · 173 E&W
• Alara441 US · 139 E&W
• Elara275 US · 127 E&W
• Alorah83 US · 5 E&W
• Ellory78 US · 6 E&W
• Ellora52 US · 13 E&W
• Aloura56 US
• Eleri0 US · 49 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Elora

Girls

• Esther#119“star”^*
• Millie#73Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #469 in 2015, #73 in 2025
• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Antonella#284Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,018 in 2015, #284 in 2025

For a brother

• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*
• Thiago#50Portuguese, meaning “natal, relating to birth”^*
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Elora’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.