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

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Peak · boys
1902 · 13 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,714
since 1880

Loran over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #2,658, 1989peak #615, 1902girlsboys
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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
2024
2023#12,2395
2022
2021#10,7996
2020
2019#12,1455
2018#13,7936#12,1565
2017#7,54610
2016
2015#13,0067#12,0865
2014
2013
2012#13,4837
2011#16,7645#8,7678
2010#13,4487#10,7666
2009#12,4298
2008#11,5999#9,8717
2007#10,81810#12,3675
2006#7,48216#7,42710
2005#8,33013#9,1157
2004#7,39115#7,5369
2003#6,88516#9,5816
2002#5,67320#10,6675
2001#4,44727#10,5565
2000#4,64925#6,8399
1999#6,19116#7,8747
1998#3,91429#7,5607
1997#4,81921#7,2817
1996#7,57411#5,18711
1995#5,01919#5,12411
1994#4,11525#6,3728
1993#3,50631#5,36010
1992#3,68029#3,45918
1991#3,30133#5,09610
1990#3,62329#3,97114
1989#2,65842#5,1659
1988#3,80524#3,07917
1987#3,85722#3,07216
1986#3,89021#2,60120
1985#4,45517#2,59819
1984#4,47816#2,52919
1983#4,88414#2,78716
1982#10,5175#2,83116
1981#5,88511#3,85810
1980#5,91211#1,91029
1979#10,2105#2,31021
1978#2,92914
1977#9,6525#2,36119
1976#9,2845#2,24520
1975#5,51610#3,07812
1974#6,9007#1,98322
1973#7,4356#1,81724
1972#5,9598#1,87123
1971#1,66828
1970#4,49212#1,69926
1969#6,6176#1,37634
1968#7,0165#1,39331
1967#4,9828#1,23137
1966#5,8096#1,34532
1965#5,2897#1,03151
1964#5,0088#1,26338
1963#4,27210#1,27937
1962#3,43814#1,29536
1961#3,46014#95864
1960#3,35714#1,19343
1959#5,0317#1,12947
1958#4,1939#1,18642
1957#1,07550
1956#5,9525#1,14044
1955#4,7407#1,10545
1954#5,1486#1,13743
1953#1,15541
1952#4,9086#1,08145
1951#5,4145#99250
1950#5,3015#1,03746
1949#98550
1948#93355
1947#87863
1946#96748
1945#95446
1944#87053
1943#72479
1942#81263
1941#87652
1940#96744
1939#90447
1938#1,07636
1937#78162
1936#74765
1935#1,01140
1934#80859
1933#85253
1932#79364
1931#95947
1930#79766
1929#75271
1928#93852
1927#93754
1926#84261
1925#83563
1924#96053
1923#84664
1922#83067
1921#88462
1920#86562
1919#83262
1918#84161
1917#78464
1916#93946
1915#72567
1914#87039
1913#99525
1912#81629
1911#98212
1910#85913
1909#1,0838
1908#1,0218
1907#73513
1906
1905#1,0027
1904#1,0646
1903#9107
1902#61513
1901#7798
1900#83610
1899#9286
1898#8048
1897#1,0575
1896
1895#8727
1894#7309
1893
1892
1891#9635
1890
1889#9745
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884#7018
1883
1882#9435
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1902 at #615 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1904, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1910–1934
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,435
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.4% of all boys named Loran (609) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2019
  • Mostly girls until 2018, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23#701 (1884)#882
1890s40#730 (1894)#892
1900s80#615 (1902)#894
1910s418#725 (1915)#864
1920s609#752 (1929)#869
1930s539#747 (1936)#873
1940s553#724 (1943)#897
1950s453#992 (1951)#1,104
1960s403#958 (1961)#1,236
1970s209#1,668 (1971)#2,196
1980s171#1,910 (1980)#3,043
1990s103#3,459 (1992)#5,728
2000s63#6,839 (2000)#9,329
2010s39#7,546 (2017)#10,578
2020s11#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 1962

girls
#3,438
14 births · 1 in 140,472 girls
boys
#1,295
36 births · 1 in 57,466 boys

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #3,438Loran14

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #1,295Loran36
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 140,472 of them was named Loran, which outranked 54.7% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loran
  1. #3,293Victory15
  2. #3,293Viveca15
  3. #3,293Willene15
  4. #3,438Loran14
  5. #3,438Adrain14
  6. #3,438Alonda14
  7. #3,438Angelo14
  8. #3,592Alanda13
  9. #3,592Aleida13
  10. #3,592Alex13

Tied with 153 names at #3,438; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 1,281Tiffany#2,070#789
  2. 879Whitney#1,627#748
  3. 541Zina#1,533#992
  4. 414Glynis#1,406#992
  5. 408Lolita#978#570
Fallers
  1. 300Fern#821#1,121
  2. 259Jacklyn#815#1,074
  3. 255Dorthy#929#1,184
  4. 224Laurene#943#1,167
  5. 215Jimmie#911#1,126

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

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 57,466 of them was named Loran, which outranked 72.0% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loran
  1. #1,279Selwyn37
  2. #1,279Verlin37
  3. #1,279Wayde37
  4. #1,295Loran36
  5. #1,295Abelardo36
  6. #1,295Chance36
  7. #1,295Daneil36
  8. #1,311Abner35
  9. #1,311Alain35
  10. #1,311Alvie35

Tied with 15 names at #1,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 490Ritchie#1,262#772
  2. 353King#1,349#996
  3. 338Arlie#1,322#984
  4. 250Robb#1,052#802
  5. 243Pernell#928#685
Fallers
  1. 351Mariano#928#1,279
  2. 349Michal#910#1,259
  3. 337Loran#958#1,295
  4. 292Sid#967#1,259
  5. 275Lorenza#940#1,215

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

See the top 100 for 1962