Elora
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Modern Blend Of El- And Lora Meaning God Gives The Laurel: The Crown Of Victory.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Elora
Elora is a modern American invented name, formed as a creative blend of the El- prefix (from Eleanor, Elena, Ella) with the popular -lora ending (Lora, Cora). The name has additional anchoring through the iconic Elora Danan of Ron Howard's iconic 1988 fantasy film Willow (the iconic prophesied baby princess who must be protected from the evil Queen Bavmorda).
The name belongs to the broader contemporary American category of invented Latinate-style girls' names with the popular -ora ending — alongside Aurora, Cora, and Alora. The Elora spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking a more visually distinctive form than the related Alora.
Elora's American climb is very recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2010 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2018 and the top 300 since. Notable contemporary bearers include American basketball player Elora Stockton; the contemporary fictional Elora of various contemporary novels; and various contemporary American social media influencers. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the in-built Eleanor-classical Greek-derived pedigree combined with the popular -ora suffix, the strong Elora Danan Willow cultural anchor, and the popular three-syllable -lora ending family. Three flowing syllables, soft consonants, and tonal warmth distinctive to invented Latinate-style names. The name reads as distinctly contemporary American. Common nicknames Lora (back-end shortening, a popular standalone name on its own), Lori, and the rare El each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Elora, Alora, and Elorah have their own SSA tracking. International forms include the broader Eleanor/Helena Greek family.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Elora
US Popularity History (2015–2025)
Annual US births named Elora by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 861 girls named Elora (girl rank #354 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Elora Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Elora the strongest states are New Mexico, Idaho, Nebraska.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | #260 | 20 |
| 2 | Idaho | #345 | 37 |
| 3 | Nebraska | #364 | 19 |
| 4 | Washington | #417 | 165 |
| 5 | Nevada | #425 | 20 |
| 6 | Colorado | #427 | 144 |
| 7 | Kentucky | #441 | 71 |
| 8 | Connecticut | #443 | 43 |
| 9 | Kansas | #445 | 31 |
| 10 | Oregon | #469 | 65 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #743 | 69 |
| 2 | Alabama | #713 | 53 |
| 3 | Texas | #708 | 393 |
| 4 | Georgia | #696 | 132 |
| 5 | Illinois | #691 | 96 |
| 6 | California | #691 | 421 |
| 7 | Michigan | #684 | 114 |
| 8 | New York | #677 | 183 |
| 9 | Florida | #674 | 269 |
| 10 | Indiana | #662 | 100 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Elora in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Elora to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Elora against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).