Is Nora the next Emma?

[Anonymous]

I have a 6 month old Nora and it seems to be becoming popular, though I don't have any in my immediate circle and haven't met any in my new moms' groups. I do know two Cora's (one is 2 and one is a baby).

[Anonymous]

There is a Nora in my kid's 2-3 year old preschool class, and I've met a couple others on the playground. I also know a teenage Nora.

[Anonymous]

I know four Coras under the age of 2. Maybe don't use that as a backup?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone here follow names closely enough to know what the next "hot" names will be?

I am naming a girl, and I am afraid of picking a name that sounds somewhat unusual to me (but is similar to the really popular names, because I like the old fashioned ones) and then it taking of. It would be like picking Jennifer in 1965 and then having it shoot up in popularity two years later.

Have you seen this tool? It gives you the predicted trajectory, but doesn't get into specific rankings. That and Nameberry.com, which has the popularity graphs, are really helpful.

http://time.com/93911/baby-name-predictor/

[Anonymous]

Do Nola

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nora is lovely, PP. Even with very popular names, your child is unlikely to be one of more than two, max, in her class, because there are so many names to choose from these days.

I would pick a popular one if it were the only one we both liked or were a family name or something -- but as it is, we are wide open, so we'd like to avoid anything too common. That doesn't mean we're judging other people who use them, though!

Yes . . . but as your child gets older, her universe of peers expands, so in addition to the other Nora from her preschool class, there's another Nora on her soccer team, and Nora from Girl Scouts, and a couple more Noras from summer camp, and . . . well, you get the picture.

This might not bother some folks, but other people would be very disappointed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know four Coras under the age of 2. Maybe don't use that as a backup?

Agree with popularity. I'm disappointed though since I've loved the name since the mid1990s when I heard it in "the last of the Mohicans". Then it was almost never heard. I have a trendy/popular in my generation name and will not do the same with my children.

[Anonymous]

I know more Coras than Noras

[Anonymous]

Cora might be growing in popularity because it's the Countess of Grantham's name on Downton Abbey. I love both Nora and Cora, but probably won't use either as a first name seeing how popular they are. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

Nora is trending up. Last year it was at #41 with 5,300 births. Emma was at #1 with around 20,000 birth. So you would have 4 Emmas for 1 Nora. Not too bad.

[Anonymous]

Cora is just the sweetest. I like Eleanor, but not Nora that much... Ellie or Elle would be a cuter nickname IMO

[Anonymous]

My money would be on Louisa as the next sleeper hit. Great name, but I think it's going to blow up in the next couple of year. That, and Alice.

[Anonymous]

Im not a huge fan of nora. Cora is ok but corinne or corin is a rock star name.

[Anonymous]

I'm considering Louisa and Alice! Had no idea those were getting popular.

[Anonymous]

Love Nora, and DH is dead set on Cora. Big sister is Maya.