Girls' name · since 1880
Loma
2,289 babies named Loma in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,300 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,289
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Loma sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 2,289 recorded since 1880.
Loma has 2,289 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2023.
- #4,300 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 2,289 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loma ranks #4,300 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 2,289 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #4,300 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,289
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Loma's 2,289 recorded births place it above 94.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Loma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Loma's full recorded timeline at 1930, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1881, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 74 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Loma popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2023
- Peak year (1921)
- 74
- Annual births at peak, across 144 years of records
Loma popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1935 (Loma as boys' name)
Loma by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (532 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Loma's strongest decade.
532 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Loma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 41
1880s
41 births
- 1890s 114
1890s
114 births
- 1900s
1900s
220 births
- 1910s
1910s
431 births
- 1920s
1920s
532 births
- 1930s
1930s
317 births
- 1940s
1940s
311 births
- 1950s 184
1950s
184 births
- 1960s 113
1960s
113 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 532 births (23% of all-time use).
How Loma compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Loma's total volume
Loma by state
Where Loma concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 207 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 20 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 12 | 0.5% |
| #5 | West Virginia | | 12 | 0.5% |
| #6 | California | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 11 | 0.5% |
207 of 2,289 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Loma appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Loma's data
- Loma's decade-level peak was the 1920s (532 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Lomas (207 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Loma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~143 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Loma draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.