Lora

#2,895 for girls in 2025, 58 births · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 80 births
Debut · girls
74 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
52,235
since 1880

Lora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lora has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #168, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,89558
2024#3,51644
2023#3,27449
2022#3,07353
2021#3,25049
2020#2,46870
2019#3,61142
2018#2,96255
2017#3,19250
2016#2,69764
2015#2,84661
2014#2,64866
2013#2,72663
2012#2,93558
2011#3,05155
2010#3,15952
2009#2,67268
2008#3,01757
2007#2,59771
2006#2,55571
2005#2,05791
2004#1,835103
2003#2,04887
2002#2,14278
2001#1,765101
2000#1,456126
1999#1,515113
1998#1,64698
1997#1,319131
1996#1,261138
1995#1,139154
1994#1,014183
1993#1,070170
1992#874227
1991#940204
1990#766267
1989#684295
1988#646304
1987#568350#6,9515
1986#569346
1985#481436
1984#479426
1983#449458
1982#438492
1981#435489
1980#415534
1979#378593
1978#348621
1977#344650
1976#337657#5,5875
1975#335667#4,3097
1974#321696
1973#317726
1972#286889
1971#2701,068
1970#2561,202
1969#2111,476#3,3148
1968#2031,514#3,6736
1967#2161,387#2,9858
1966#2241,357#3,9485
1965#2281,385#3,9305
1964#2181,578
1963#2131,598
1962#2351,347#3,6406
1961#2361,325#3,6526
1960#2561,203#3,3377
1959#308891
1958#330802
1957#336737
1956#334689
1955#361585
1954#351603
1953#375516#3,1437
1952#361522
1951#387446
1950#345514
1949#408386
1948#397400
1947#423372
1946#416339
1945#421285
1944#445264
1943#447278
1942#464251#2,9407
1941#418271#2,8727
1940#412280
1939#398282#3,1136
1938#365319
1937#393273
1936#388268#3,1476
1935#383274
1934#419245#2,9737
1933#372295
1932#384291
1931#375294#2,6519
1930#381322#2,7819
1929#384305
1928#388296
1927#370345#3,1518
1926#407280
1925#366347
1924#362361#3,0239
1923#353353#3,8226
1922#353341#2,80110
1921#343363#3,5177
1920#340373#3,4897
1919#351333#3,1158
1918#319401#3,0968
1917#307398#3,5456
1916#317366#2,38911
1915#324341#3,3926
1914#320270
1913#301252#2,0928
1912#291245
1911#273199
1910#295173
1909#274174
1908#273167
1907#287145
1906#246175
1905#231185
1904#262144
1903#253145
1902#233166
1901#231159
1900#242176
1899#219154
1898#234157
1897#212169
1896#209179
1895#210166
1894#197177
1893#211146#1,0355
1892#218140#7489
1891#201135
1890#211130
1889#193138
1888#224107
1887#21990#6798
1886#191109
1885#171113
1884#22772
1883#19476
1882#23355#7547
1881#16880
1880#17374
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lora was already there! It came in at #173, and was given to 74 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2017–2019, when fewer than 56 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lora
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 621 spots since 2024 (#3,516#2,895)
  • 427 spots since 2020 (#2,468#2,895)
  • 49 spots since 2015 (#2,846#2,895)
  • Biggest jump: 66 spots in 1992 (#940#874)
  • Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1993 (#874#1,070)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #168 (80 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 113 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1880–1992
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,083
  • Highest: 1 in 1,083 girls born in 1968 were named Lora (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,711 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #168 in 1881, was only 1 in 1,149 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 27.1% of all girls named Lora (14,170) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s914#168 (1881)#199
1890s1,553#197 (1894)#212
1900s1,636#231 (1905)#253
1910s2,978#273 (1911)#310
1920s3,364#340 (1920)#367
1930s2,863#365 (1938)#386
1940s3,126#397 (1948)#425
1950s6,305#308 (1959)#349
1960s14,170#203 (1968)#224
1970s7,769#256 (1970)#319
1980s4,130#415 (1980)#516
1990s1,685#766 (1990)#1,154
2000s853#1,456 (2000)#2,214
2010s566#2,648 (2014)#2,983
2020s323#2,468 (2020)#3,079

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lora in 1918

girls
#319
401 births · 1 in 2,887 girls
boys
#3,096
8 births · 1 in 126,685 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #319Lora401

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #3,096Lora8
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 2,887 of them was named Lora, which outranked 94.3% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lora
  1. #315Lenore412
  2. #317Alyce404
  3. #317Iona404
  4. #319Lora401
  5. #320Amanda397
  6. #320Lorena397
  7. #322Concetta396
Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 126,685 of them was named Lora, which outranked 35.7% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lora
  1. #2,882Woodfin9
  2. #2,882Worthington9
  3. #2,882Zolton9
  4. #3,096Lora8
  5. #3,096Abb8
  6. #3,096Adren8
  7. #3,096Agustus8
  8. #3,368Acel7
  9. #3,368Achilles7
  10. #3,368Ada7

Tied with 271 names at #3,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918