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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #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 1930

girls
#381
322 births · 1 in 3,497 girls
boys
#2,781
9 births · 1 in 121,931 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #381Lora322

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #2,781Lora9
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 3,497 of them was named Lora, which outranked 92.7% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lora
  1. #377Robbie325
  2. #379Bernadette323
  3. #379Corrine323
  4. #381Lora322
  5. #381Nola322
  6. #383Frieda318
  7. #383Margarita318
  8. #383Sybil318

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

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 121,931 of them was named Lora, which outranked 38.8% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lora
  1. #2,609Wilborn10
  2. #2,609Windle10
  3. #2,609Zollie10
  4. #2,781Lora9
  5. #2,781Alonso9
  6. #2,781Alyn9
  7. #2,781Amando9
  8. #3,022Able8
  9. #3,022Achille8
  10. #3,022Admiral8

Tied with 240 names at #2,781; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930