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
- Peak · boys
- 1939 · 625 births
- Debut · boys
- 22 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 46,479since 1880
Loren 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 | #2,998 | 55 | #3,036 | 40 |
| 2024 | #2,462 | 73 | #2,637 | 50 |
| 2023 | #2,517 | 70 | #2,387 | 57 |
| 2022 | #2,425 | 75 | #2,355 | 60 |
| 2021 | #2,212 | 84 | #2,349 | 58 |
| 2020 | #2,065 | 89 | #2,347 | 57 |
| 2019 | #2,011 | 95 | #2,394 | 56 |
| 2018 | #1,925 | 103 | #1,994 | 73 |
| 2017 | #1,863 | 109 | #2,450 | 52 |
| 2016 | #1,815 | 114 | #1,936 | 75 |
| 2015 | #1,883 | 108 | #2,001 | 72 |
| 2014 | #2,038 | 96 | #1,884 | 77 |
| 2013 | #1,929 | 103 | #2,364 | 53 |
| 2012 | #1,774 | 116 | #1,923 | 74 |
| 2011 | #1,772 | 115 | #1,780 | 81 |
| 2010 | #1,860 | 109 | #1,975 | 70 |
| 2009 | #1,602 | 140 | #2,143 | 63 |
| 2008 | #1,461 | 161 | #2,062 | 67 |
| 2007 | #1,303 | 187 | #1,681 | 90 |
| 2006 | #1,252 | 192 | #1,562 | 94 |
| 2005 | #1,145 | 203 | #1,343 | 112 |
| 2004 | #1,067 | 216 | #1,359 | 107 |
| 2003 | #971 | 239 | #1,356 | 100 |
| 2002 | #984 | 224 | #1,130 | 126 |
| 2001 | #829 | 279 | #1,160 | 119 |
| 2000 | #701 | 334 | #1,044 | 138 |
| 1999 | #700 | 323 | #1,080 | 124 |
| 1998 | #704 | 314 | #970 | 142 |
| 1997 | #658 | 334 | #847 | 167 |
| 1996 | #695 | 311 | #889 | 152 |
| 1995 | #770 | 262 | #793 | 183 |
| 1994 | #632 | 347 | #701 | 221 |
| 1993 | #623 | 362 | #686 | 225 |
| 1992 | #575 | 405 | #645 | 255 |
| 1991 | #580 | 399 | #599 | 289 |
| 1990 | #517 | 463 | #630 | 261 |
| 1989 | #563 | 397 | #572 | 289 |
| 1988 | #614 | 325 | #527 | 301 |
| 1987 | #722 | 250 | #483 | 334 |
| 1986 | #614 | 311 | #457 | 366 |
| 1985 | #628 | 298 | #440 | 375 |
| 1984 | #607 | 294 | #418 | 390 |
| 1983 | #697 | 244 | #395 | 420 |
| 1982 | #812 | 195 | #426 | 385 |
| 1981 | #858 | 181 | #430 | 380 |
| 1980 | #939 | 159 | #415 | 392 |
| 1979 | #1,074 | 128 | #406 | 379 |
| 1978 | #1,176 | 107 | #407 | 362 |
| 1977 | #1,286 | 91 | #429 | 340 |
| 1976 | #1,172 | 97 | #403 | 371 |
| 1975 | #1,229 | 93 | #422 | 341 |
| 1974 | #1,169 | 96 | #414 | 357 |
| 1973 | #1,388 | 71 | #390 | 393 |
| 1972 | #1,289 | 79 | #378 | 433 |
| 1971 | #1,266 | 87 | #372 | 470 |
| 1970 | #1,140 | 102 | #338 | 564 |
| 1969 | #955 | 125 | #305 | 614 |
| 1968 | #991 | 111 | #318 | 570 |
| 1967 | #959 | 113 | #311 | 566 |
| 1966 | #890 | 127 | #299 | 619 |
| 1965 | #966 | 113 | #293 | 656 |
| 1964 | #990 | 116 | #296 | 708 |
| 1963 | #1,201 | 83 | #295 | 693 |
| 1962 | #1,001 | 115 | #315 | 627 |
| 1961 | #1,204 | 84 | #306 | 643 |
| 1960 | #1,103 | 95 | #303 | 657 |
| 1959 | #1,023 | 107 | #312 | 612 |
| 1958 | #1,051 | 99 | #299 | 632 |
| 1957 | #1,026 | 104 | #294 | 651 |
| 1956 | #1,116 | 85 | #292 | 646 |
| 1955 | #1,197 | 70 | #260 | 716 |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 | #269 | 688 |
| 1953 | #1,491 | 43 | #263 | 691 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 | #264 | 673 |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 | #258 | 667 |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 | #257 | 641 |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 | #253 | 651 |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 | #249 | 667 |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 | #250 | 694 |
| 1946 | #1,919 | 23 | #237 | 652 |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 | #219 | 623 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | #225 | 613 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | #214 | 677 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #218 | 673 |
| 1941 | — | #227 | 562 | |
| 1940 | — | #214 | 586 | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #199 | 625 |
| 1938 | — | #215 | 575 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #239 | 486 |
| 1936 | — | #214 | 545 | |
| 1935 | — | #210 | 573 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #212 | 570 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #212 | 549 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #224 | 538 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #216 | 576 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #236 | 536 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #229 | 553 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #215 | 612 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #222 | 607 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #223 | 608 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #216 | 637 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #211 | 636 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #228 | 579 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #238 | 557 |
| 1921 | — | #255 | 491 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #237 | 530 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #241 | 479 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #228 | 524 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #245 | 424 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #243 | 434 |
| 1915 | — | #245 | 392 | |
| 1914 | — | #263 | 273 | |
| 1913 | — | #255 | 223 | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #248 | 201 |
| 1911 | — | #305 | 77 | |
| 1910 | — | #302 | 66 | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #279 | 66 |
| 1908 | — | #330 | 46 | |
| 1907 | — | #318 | 45 | |
| 1906 | — | #298 | 47 | |
| 1905 | — | #290 | 47 | |
| 1904 | — | #328 | 37 | |
| 1903 | — | #303 | 38 | |
| 1902 | — | #337 | 33 | |
| 1901 | — | #259 | 44 | |
| 1900 | — | #319 | 44 | |
| 1899 | — | #322 | 30 | |
| 1898 | — | #473 | 19 | |
| 1897 | — | #306 | 36 | |
| 1896 | — | #331 | 32 | |
| 1895 | — | #337 | 30 | |
| 1894 | — | #322 | 30 | |
| 1893 | — | #401 | 20 | |
| 1892 | — | #348 | 29 | |
| 1891 | — | #349 | 24 | |
| 1890 | — | #345 | 26 | |
| 1889 | — | #379 | 22 | |
| 1888 | — | #387 | 23 | |
| 1887 | — | #340 | 23 | |
| 1886 | — | #369 | 22 | |
| 1885 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1884 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1883 | — | #359 | 22 | |
| 1882 | — | #288 | 35 | |
| 1881 | — | #348 | 22 | |
| 1880 | — | #363 | 22 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1939 at #199 (625 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 49 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1998
- 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
- 14.2% of all boys named Loren (6,617) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1987, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 230 | #288 (1882) | #365 |
| 1890s | 276 | #306 (1897) | #353 |
| 1900s | 447 | #259 (1901) | #306 |
| 1910s | 3,093 | #228 (1918) | #258 |
| 1920s | 5,810 | #211 (1924) | #227 |
| 1930s | 5,573 | #199 (1939) | #218 |
| 1940s | 6,398 | #214 (1943) | #231 |
| 1950s | 6,617 | #257 (1950) | #277 |
| 1960s | 6,353 | #293 (1965) | #304 |
| 1970s | 4,010 | #338 (1970) | #396 |
| 1980s | 3,632 | #395 (1983) | #456 |
| 1990s | 2,019 | #599 (1991) | #784 |
| 2000s | 1,016 | #1,044 (2000) | #1,484 |
| 2010s | 683 | #1,780 (2011) | #2,070 |
| 2020s | 322 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 19,256 of them was named Loren, which outranked 86.7% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,280Necole80
- #1,280Rayna80
- #1,280Tisa80
- #1,289Loren79
- #1,289Buffie79
- #1,289Cami79
- #1,289Carisa79
- #1,303Edward78
- #1,303Kenneth78
- #1,303Keya78
Tied with 13 names at #1,289; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 3,745 of them was named Loren, which outranked 93.4% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.