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
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 80 births
- Debut · girls
- 74 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 52,235since 1880
Lora over time
Rank among girls' names. Lora has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,895 | 58 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,516 | 44 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,073 | 53 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,468 | 70 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,611 | 42 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,962 | 55 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,192 | 50 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,697 | 64 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,846 | 61 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,648 | 66 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,726 | 63 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,935 | 58 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,051 | 55 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,159 | 52 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,672 | 68 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,017 | 57 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,597 | 71 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,555 | 71 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,057 | 91 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,835 | 103 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,048 | 87 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,142 | 78 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,765 | 101 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,456 | 126 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,515 | 113 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,646 | 98 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,319 | 131 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,261 | 138 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,139 | 154 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,014 | 183 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,070 | 170 | — | |
| 1992 | #874 | 227 | — | |
| 1991 | #940 | 204 | — | |
| 1990 | #766 | 267 | — | |
| 1989 | #684 | 295 | — | |
| 1988 | #646 | 304 | — | |
| 1987 | #568 | 350 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #569 | 346 | — | |
| 1985 | #481 | 436 | — | |
| 1984 | #479 | 426 | — | |
| 1983 | #449 | 458 | — | |
| 1982 | #438 | 492 | — | |
| 1981 | #435 | 489 | — | |
| 1980 | #415 | 534 | — | |
| 1979 | #378 | 593 | — | |
| 1978 | #348 | 621 | — | |
| 1977 | #344 | 650 | — | |
| 1976 | #337 | 657 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #335 | 667 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #321 | 696 | — | |
| 1973 | #317 | 726 | — | |
| 1972 | #286 | 889 | — | |
| 1971 | #270 | 1,068 | — | |
| 1970 | #256 | 1,202 | — | |
| 1969 | #211 | 1,476 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #203 | 1,514 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #216 | 1,387 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #224 | 1,357 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #228 | 1,385 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #218 | 1,578 | — | |
| 1963 | #213 | 1,598 | — | |
| 1962 | #235 | 1,347 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #236 | 1,325 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #256 | 1,203 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #308 | 891 | — | |
| 1958 | #330 | 802 | — | |
| 1957 | #336 | 737 | — | |
| 1956 | #334 | 689 | — | |
| 1955 | #361 | 585 | — | |
| 1954 | #351 | 603 | — | |
| 1953 | #375 | 516 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #361 | 522 | — | |
| 1951 | #387 | 446 | — | |
| 1950 | #345 | 514 | — | |
| 1949 | #408 | 386 | — | |
| 1948 | #397 | 400 | — | |
| 1947 | #423 | 372 | — | |
| 1946 | #416 | 339 | — | |
| 1945 | #421 | 285 | — | |
| 1944 | #445 | 264 | — | |
| 1943 | #447 | 278 | — | |
| 1942 | #464 | 251 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #418 | 271 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #412 | 280 | — | |
| 1939 | #398 | 282 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #365 | 319 | — | |
| 1937 | #393 | 273 | — | |
| 1936 | #388 | 268 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #383 | 274 | — | |
| 1934 | #419 | 245 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #372 | 295 | — | |
| 1932 | #384 | 291 | — | |
| 1931 | #375 | 294 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #381 | 322 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #384 | 305 | — | |
| 1928 | #388 | 296 | — | |
| 1927 | #370 | 345 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #407 | 280 | — | |
| 1925 | #366 | 347 | — | |
| 1924 | #362 | 361 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #353 | 353 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #353 | 341 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #343 | 363 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #340 | 373 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #351 | 333 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #319 | 401 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #307 | 398 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #317 | 366 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #324 | 341 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #320 | 270 | — | |
| 1913 | #301 | 252 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #291 | 245 | — | |
| 1911 | #273 | 199 | — | |
| 1910 | #295 | 173 | — | |
| 1909 | #274 | 174 | — | |
| 1908 | #273 | 167 | — | |
| 1907 | #287 | 145 | — | |
| 1906 | #246 | 175 | — | |
| 1905 | #231 | 185 | — | |
| 1904 | #262 | 144 | — | |
| 1903 | #253 | 145 | — | |
| 1902 | #233 | 166 | — | |
| 1901 | #231 | 159 | — | |
| 1900 | #242 | 176 | — | |
| 1899 | #219 | 154 | — | |
| 1898 | #234 | 157 | — | |
| 1897 | #212 | 169 | — | |
| 1896 | #209 | 179 | — | |
| 1895 | #210 | 166 | — | |
| 1894 | #197 | 177 | — | |
| 1893 | #211 | 146 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #218 | 140 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #201 | 135 | — | |
| 1890 | #211 | 130 | — | |
| 1889 | #193 | 138 | — | |
| 1888 | #224 | 107 | — | |
| 1887 | #219 | 90 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #191 | 109 | — | |
| 1885 | #171 | 113 | — | |
| 1884 | #227 | 72 | — | |
| 1883 | #194 | 76 | — | |
| 1882 | #233 | 55 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #168 | 80 | — | |
| 1880 | #173 | 74 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #168 (80 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1880–1992
- 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
- 27.1% of all girls named Lora (14,170) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 914 | #168 (1881) | #199 |
| 1890s | 1,553 | #197 (1894) | #212 |
| 1900s | 1,636 | #231 (1905) | #253 |
| 1910s | 2,978 | #273 (1911) | #310 |
| 1920s | 3,364 | #340 (1920) | #367 |
| 1930s | 2,863 | #365 (1938) | #386 |
| 1940s | 3,126 | #397 (1948) | #425 |
| 1950s | 6,305 | #308 (1959) | #349 |
| 1960s | 14,170 | #203 (1968) | #224 |
| 1970s | 7,769 | #256 (1970) | #319 |
| 1980s | 4,130 | #415 (1980) | #516 |
| 1990s | 1,685 | #766 (1990) | #1,154 |
| 2000s | 853 | #1,456 (2000) | #2,214 |
| 2010s | 566 | #2,648 (2014) | #2,983 |
| 2020s | 323 | #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 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 2,186 of them was named Lora, which outranked 96.8% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 223,051 of them was named Lora, which outranked 32.0% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,941Zacharias8
- #3,941Zedrick8
- #3,941Zion8
- #4,309Lora7
- #4,309Abayomi7
- #4,309Abdias7
- #4,309Acey7
- #4,797Aaren6
- #4,797Abiel6
- #4,797Abu6
Tied with 487 names at #4,309; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.