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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #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 1922

girls
#353
341 births · 1 in 3,522 girls
boys
#2,801
10 births · 1 in 108,815 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #353Lora341

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #2,801Lora10
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 3,522 of them was named Lora, which outranked 93.9% of the 5,789 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. #350Earline347
  2. #351Aline345
  3. #352Lupe342
  4. #353Lora341
  5. #353Amanda341
  6. #355Hester340
  7. #356Bernadette339
  8. #356Callie339

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 108,815 of them was named Lora, which outranked 43.6% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lora
  1. #2,630Zachary11
  2. #2,630Zebedee11
  3. #2,630Zeke11
  4. #2,801Lora10
  5. #2,801Alanson10
  6. #2,801Alcee10
  7. #2,801Aldine10
  8. #3,014Abelino9
  9. #3,014Acel9
  10. #3,014Adin9

Tied with 212 names at #2,801; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922