Lora
Lora was given to 58 girls in 2025, #2,916 among girls’ names; 52,484 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 34,600 Americans named Lora and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 49 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lora by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lora mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lora is “a female given name from Latin, an alternative spelling of Laura.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lora?
#2,916 among girls’ names, 2025
Lora fell from #2,871 in 2015 to #2,916 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born rose from 34.2 to 36.1 per million.
1,598 babies in 1963, the peak
Lora peaked in 1963, when 1,598 girls were given it, #213 among girls’ names. The 58 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,916 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,552 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,308 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,102 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,279 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,487 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,646 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,991 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,228 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,728 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 61 | #2,871 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,668 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,750 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,958 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,078 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 52 | #3,183 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,695 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 57 | #3,044 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 71 | #2,610 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 71 | #2,572 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 91 | #2,066 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,846 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 87 | #2,052 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 78 | #2,152 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 101 | #1,769 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,463 | 0.07 |
| 1999 | 113 | #1,520 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 98 | #1,650 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 131 | #1,320 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 138 | #1,264 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 154 | #1,139 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 183 | #1,016 | 0.10 |
| 1993 | 170 | #1,071 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 227 | #872 | 0.12 |
| 1991 | 204 | #938 | 0.11 |
| 1990 | 267 | #766 | 0.14 |
| 1989 | 295 | #685 | 0.16 |
| 1988 | 304 | #646 | 0.17 |
| 1987 | 350 | #568 | 0.20 |
| 1986 | 346 | #569 | 0.20 |
| 1985 | 436 | #481 | 0.25 |
| 1984 | 426 | #480 | 0.25 |
| 1983 | 458 | #450 | 0.27 |
| 1982 | 492 | #438 | 0.29 |
| 1981 | 489 | #436 | 0.29 |
| 1980 | 534 | #415 | 0.32 |
| 1979 | 593 | #378 | 0.37 |
| 1978 | 621 | #348 | 0.41 |
| 1977 | 650 | #344 | 0.42 |
| 1976 | 657 | #337 | 0.45 |
| 1975 | 667 | #335 | 0.46 |
| 1974 | 696 | #321 | 0.47 |
| 1973 | 726 | #317 | 0.50 |
| 1972 | 889 | #286 | 0.58 |
| 1971 | 1,068 | #270 | 0.64 |
| 1970 | 1,202 | #256 | 0.69 |
| 1969 | 1,476 | #211 | 0.87 |
| 1968 | 1,514 | #203 | 0.92 |
| 1967 | 1,387 | #216 | 0.84 |
| 1966 | 1,357 | #224 | 0.80 |
| 1965 | 1,385 | #229 | 0.78 |
| 1964 | 1,578 | #218 | 0.83 |
| 1963 | 1,598 | #213 | 0.83 |
| 1962 | 1,347 | #235 | 0.68 |
| 1961 | 1,325 | #236 | 0.66 |
| 1960 | 1,203 | #256 | 0.59 |
| 1959 | 891 | #308 | 0.44 |
| 1958 | 802 | #330 | 0.40 |
| 1957 | 737 | #336 | 0.36 |
| 1956 | 689 | #334 | 0.34 |
| 1955 | 585 | #361 | 0.30 |
| 1954 | 603 | #350 | 0.31 |
| 1953 | 516 | #374 | 0.27 |
| 1952 | 522 | #360 | 0.28 |
| 1951 | 446 | #386 | 0.25 |
| 1950 | 514 | #345 | 0.30 |
| 1949 | 386 | #407 | 0.23 |
| 1948 | 400 | #398 | 0.24 |
| 1947 | 372 | #423 | 0.21 |
| 1946 | 339 | #416 | 0.22 |
| 1945 | 285 | #422 | 0.22 |
| 1944 | 264 | #447 | 0.20 |
| 1943 | 278 | #448 | 0.20 |
| 1942 | 251 | #465 | 0.19 |
| 1941 | 271 | #418 | 0.22 |
| 1940 | 280 | #413 | 0.24 |
| 1939 | 282 | #398 | 0.26 |
| 1938 | 319 | #365 | 0.29 |
| 1937 | 273 | #393 | 0.26 |
| 1936 | 268 | #389 | 0.26 |
| 1935 | 274 | #384 | 0.26 |
| 1934 | 245 | #420 | 0.23 |
| 1933 | 295 | #372 | 0.29 |
| 1932 | 291 | #385 | 0.27 |
| 1931 | 294 | #375 | 0.28 |
| 1930 | 322 | #381 | 0.29 |
| 1929 | 305 | #384 | 0.27 |
| 1928 | 296 | #388 | 0.26 |
| 1927 | 345 | #371 | 0.29 |
| 1926 | 280 | #407 | 0.24 |
| 1925 | 347 | #366 | 0.29 |
| 1924 | 361 | #362 | 0.29 |
| 1923 | 353 | #353 | 0.29 |
| 1922 | 341 | #354 | 0.28 |
| 1921 | 363 | #343 | 0.29 |
| 1920 | 373 | #340 | 0.31 |
| 1919 | 333 | #352 | 0.29 |
| 1918 | 401 | #319 | 0.35 |
| 1917 | 398 | #307 | 0.37 |
| 1916 | 366 | #318 | 0.35 |
| 1915 | 341 | #324 | 0.35 |
| 1914 | 270 | #321 | 0.35 |
| 1913 | 252 | #301 | 0.40 |
| 1912 | 245 | #292 | 0.44 |
| 1911 | 199 | #275 | 0.48 |
| 1910 | 173 | #295 | 0.44 |
| 1909 | 174 | #274 | 0.50 |
| 1908 | 167 | #274 | 0.50 |
| 1907 | 145 | #288 | 0.46 |
| 1906 | 175 | #246 | 0.59 |
| 1905 | 185 | #231 | 0.63 |
| 1904 | 144 | #263 | 0.52 |
| 1903 | 145 | #255 | 0.55 |
| 1902 | 166 | #233 | 0.63 |
| 1901 | 159 | #232 | 0.66 |
| 1900 | 176 | #244 | 0.59 |
| 1899 | 154 | #219 | 0.66 |
| 1898 | 157 | #235 | 0.61 |
| 1897 | 169 | #212 | 0.72 |
| 1896 | 179 | #209 | 0.75 |
| 1895 | 166 | #211 | 0.71 |
| 1894 | 177 | #198 | 0.79 |
| 1893 | 146 | #212 | 0.69 |
| 1892 | 140 | #218 | 0.66 |
| 1891 | 135 | #201 | 0.73 |
| 1890 | 130 | #213 | 0.68 |
| 1889 | 138 | #194 | 0.77 |
| 1888 | 107 | #224 | 0.60 |
| 1887 | 90 | #220 | 0.62 |
| 1886 | 109 | #191 | 0.75 |
| 1885 | 113 | #172 | 0.85 |
| 1884 | 72 | #228 | 0.56 |
| 1883 | 76 | #196 | 0.68 |
| 1882 | 55 | #234 | 0.51 |
| 1881 | 80 | #169 | 0.87 |
| 1880 | 74 | #173 | 0.81 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lora a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lora has been given almost only to girls: 249 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lora: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lora, and how old are they?
34,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 52,484 Americans ever recorded as Lora. The median Lora alive today is 58 years old; half are between 49 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 35,094 people named Lora (35,013 women and girls, 81 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 36,723 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,490 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 12,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 14,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,790 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,340 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 720 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lora born?
The states with the most babies named Lora are Ohio, California and Texas, with 21% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 3,396 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| California | 3,110 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 2,765 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 2,702 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Indiana | 2,315 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Kentucky | 1,995 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Missouri | 1,830 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Tennessee | 1,657 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| North Carolina | 1,639 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,565 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Lora is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lora is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lora with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 434,048 babies since 1880, Lora is the second most given (12% of them). In 2025 it was given to 58 of their 184 babies (32%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lora
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lora and names like it
- Compare Lora and LoriBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sLora peaked in 1963.
- Ohio’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lora since 1910.
- The top names of 1963The year the most babies were named Lora.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Lora alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with LMost given first.