Loren

#2,998 for girls in 2025, 55 births · #3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births
Given to boys 78.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1939 · 625 births
Debut · boys
22 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
46,479
since 1880

Loren over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #517, 1990peak #199, 1939girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,99855#3,03640
2024#2,46273#2,63750
2023#2,51770#2,38757
2022#2,42575#2,35560
2021#2,21284#2,34958
2020#2,06589#2,34757
2019#2,01195#2,39456
2018#1,925103#1,99473
2017#1,863109#2,45052
2016#1,815114#1,93675
2015#1,883108#2,00172
2014#2,03896#1,88477
2013#1,929103#2,36453
2012#1,774116#1,92374
2011#1,772115#1,78081
2010#1,860109#1,97570
2009#1,602140#2,14363
2008#1,461161#2,06267
2007#1,303187#1,68190
2006#1,252192#1,56294
2005#1,145203#1,343112
2004#1,067216#1,359107
2003#971239#1,356100
2002#984224#1,130126
2001#829279#1,160119
2000#701334#1,044138
1999#700323#1,080124
1998#704314#970142
1997#658334#847167
1996#695311#889152
1995#770262#793183
1994#632347#701221
1993#623362#686225
1992#575405#645255
1991#580399#599289
1990#517463#630261
1989#563397#572289
1988#614325#527301
1987#722250#483334
1986#614311#457366
1985#628298#440375
1984#607294#418390
1983#697244#395420
1982#812195#426385
1981#858181#430380
1980#939159#415392
1979#1,074128#406379
1978#1,176107#407362
1977#1,28691#429340
1976#1,17297#403371
1975#1,22993#422341
1974#1,16996#414357
1973#1,38871#390393
1972#1,28979#378433
1971#1,26687#372470
1970#1,140102#338564
1969#955125#305614
1968#991111#318570
1967#959113#311566
1966#890127#299619
1965#966113#293656
1964#990116#296708
1963#1,20183#295693
1962#1,001115#315627
1961#1,20484#306643
1960#1,10395#303657
1959#1,023107#312612
1958#1,05199#299632
1957#1,026104#294651
1956#1,11685#292646
1955#1,19770#260716
1954#1,56042#269688
1953#1,49143#263691
1952#1,61136#264673
1951#1,84228#258667
1950#2,12121#257641
1949#2,21220#253651
1948#2,25519#249667
1947#1,94625#250694
1946#1,91923#237652
1945#1,94119#219623
1944#2,94610#225613
1943#2,35215#214677
1942#4,1246#218673
1941#227562
1940#214586
1939#3,1458#199625
1938#215575
1937#4,2555#239486
1936#214545
1935#210573
1934#3,8026#212570
1933#3,1098#212549
1932#3,9016#224538
1931#2,42712#216576
1930#4,5505#236536
1929#3,1379#229553
1928#3,1649#215612
1927#4,8055#222607
1926#2,87211#223608
1925#4,0287#216637
1924#3,3939#211636
1923#2,73212#228579
1922#4,0117#238557
1921#255491
1920#3,9577#237530
1919#3,2199#241479
1918#4,2916#228524
1917#3,0929#245424
1916#2,49812#243434
1915#245392
1914#263273
1913#255223
1912#2,9795#248201
1911#30577
1910#30266
1909#1,9576#27966
1908#33046
1907#31845
1906#29847
1905#29047
1904#32837
1903#30338
1902#33733
1901#25944
1900#31944
1899#32230
1898#47319
1897#30636
1896#33132
1895#33730
1894#32230
1893#40120
1892#34829
1891#34924
1890#34526
1889#37922
1888#38723
1887#34023
1886#36922
1885#39920
1884#41619
1883#35922
1882#28835
1881#34822
1880#36322
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Loren was already there! It came in at #363, and was given to 22 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1891, when fewer than 27 boys a year got the name.

See more about Loren
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 399 spots since 2024 (#2,637#3,036)
  • 689 spots since 2020 (#2,347#3,036)
  • 1,035 spots since 2015 (#2,001#3,036)
  • Biggest jump: 151 spots in 1899 (#473#322)
  • Biggest drop: 167 spots in 1898 (#306#473)
Rise & fade · boys
59 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1939 at #199 (625 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 49 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 119 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1998
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,752
  • Highest: 1 in 1,752 boys born in 1925 were named Loren (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #199 in 1939, was only 1 in 1,771 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 14.2% of all boys named Loren (6,617) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1988
  • Mostly boys until 1987, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s230#288 (1882)#365
1890s276#306 (1897)#353
1900s447#259 (1901)#306
1910s3,093#228 (1918)#258
1920s5,810#211 (1924)#227
1930s5,573#199 (1939)#218
1940s6,398#214 (1943)#231
1950s6,617#257 (1950)#277
1960s6,353#293 (1965)#304
1970s4,010#338 (1970)#396
1980s3,632#395 (1983)#456
1990s2,019#599 (1991)#784
2000s1,016#1,044 (2000)#1,484
2010s683#1,780 (2011)#2,070
2020s322#2,347 (2020)#2,519

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.

Loren in 1920

girls
#3,957
7 births · 1 in 171,184 girls
boys
#237
530 births · 1 in 2,008 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #3,957Loren7

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #237Loren530
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 171,184 of them was named Loren, which outranked 31.4% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loren
  1. #3,598Zelta8
  2. #3,598Zenia8
  3. #3,598Zerline8
  4. #3,957Loren7
  5. #3,957Adabelle7
  6. #3,957Adair7
  7. #3,957Adalee7
  8. #4,398Achsah6
  9. #4,398Adelaine6
  10. #4,398Adelma6

Tied with 440 names at #3,957; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 2,008 of them was named Loren, which outranked 95.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loren
  1. #234Dominic536
  2. #235Allan535
  3. #236Mack533
  4. #237Loren530
  5. #238Jesus528
  6. #239Murray524
  7. #240Billie523
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920