Loran
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys 82.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,714since 1880
Loran over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #3,301 | 33 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #3,623 | 29 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #2,658 | 42 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #1,817 | 24 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1971 | — | #1,668 | 28 | |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #1,699 | 26 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #1,376 | 34 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #1,393 | 31 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #1,345 | 32 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #1,031 | 51 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #1,263 | 38 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | #1,295 | 36 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 | #958 | 64 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | #1,193 | 43 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #1,129 | 47 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #1,186 | 42 |
| 1957 | — | #1,075 | 50 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,140 | 44 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #1,105 | 45 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #1,137 | 43 |
| 1953 | — | #1,155 | 41 | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #1,081 | 45 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #992 | 50 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #1,037 | 46 |
| 1949 | — | #985 | 50 | |
| 1948 | — | #933 | 55 | |
| 1947 | — | #878 | 63 | |
| 1946 | — | #967 | 48 | |
| 1945 | — | #954 | 46 | |
| 1944 | — | #870 | 53 | |
| 1943 | — | #724 | 79 | |
| 1942 | — | #812 | 63 | |
| 1941 | — | #876 | 52 | |
| 1940 | — | #967 | 44 | |
| 1939 | — | #904 | 47 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,076 | 36 | |
| 1937 | — | #781 | 62 | |
| 1936 | — | #747 | 65 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,011 | 40 | |
| 1934 | — | #808 | 59 | |
| 1933 | — | #852 | 53 | |
| 1932 | — | #793 | 64 | |
| 1931 | — | #959 | 47 | |
| 1930 | — | #797 | 66 | |
| 1929 | — | #752 | 71 | |
| 1928 | — | #938 | 52 | |
| 1927 | — | #937 | 54 | |
| 1926 | — | #842 | 61 | |
| 1925 | — | #835 | 63 | |
| 1924 | — | #960 | 53 | |
| 1923 | — | #846 | 64 | |
| 1922 | — | #830 | 67 | |
| 1921 | — | #884 | 62 | |
| 1920 | — | #865 | 62 | |
| 1919 | — | #832 | 62 | |
| 1918 | — | #841 | 61 | |
| 1917 | — | #784 | 64 | |
| 1916 | — | #939 | 46 | |
| 1915 | — | #725 | 67 | |
| 1914 | — | #870 | 39 | |
| 1913 | — | #995 | 25 | |
| 1912 | — | #816 | 29 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Loran was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Loran
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 264 spots in 1936 (#1,011 → #747)
- Biggest drop: 337 spots in 1962 (#958 → #1,295)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1902 at #615 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1910–1934
- Highest: 1 in 9,435 boys born in 1902 were named Loran (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 16.4% of all boys named Loran (609) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2018, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #701 (1884) | #882 |
| 1890s | 40 | #730 (1894) | #892 |
| 1900s | 80 | #615 (1902) | #894 |
| 1910s | 418 | #725 (1915) | #864 |
| 1920s | 609 | #752 (1929) | #869 |
| 1930s | 539 | #747 (1936) | #873 |
| 1940s | 553 | #724 (1943) | #897 |
| 1950s | 453 | #992 (1951) | #1,104 |
| 1960s | 403 | #958 (1961) | #1,236 |
| 1970s | 209 | #1,668 (1971) | #2,196 |
| 1980s | 171 | #1,910 (1980) | #3,043 |
| 1990s | 103 | #3,459 (1992) | #5,728 |
| 2000s | 63 | #6,839 (2000) | #9,329 |
| 2010s | 39 | #7,546 (2017) | #10,578 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,799 (2021) | #11,519 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Loran in 1951
Top girls' names in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
girls
1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 360,172 of them was named Loran, which outranked 12.9% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 799 names at #5,414; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 37,657 of them was named Loran, which outranked 76.7% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).