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Baby name
Cora
Girl
Origin of the name
Cora comes from the Greek korē, “maiden,” a title of the goddess Persephone.
Comeback name
156,028births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 71rank at its peak, in 2019
Where babies named Cora are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Cora is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Cora is most common in Mississippi (2.3 times), Alabama (2) and North Carolina (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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