Girls' name · since 1940
Lorae
80 babies named Lorae in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1940
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lorae is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 80 have been recorded since 1940.
Lorae has 80 recorded births among girls since 1940, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 1996.
- #29,629 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1940
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lorae ranks #29,629 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1940, peaking in the 1960s.
- #29,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1940
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lorae's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lorae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lorae's full recorded timeline at 1962, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1948 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lorae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1996
- Peak year (1948)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Lorae by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (24 births, 30% of the file).
1960s was Lorae's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Lorae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
13 births
- 1950s
1950s
22 births
- 1960s
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 24 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Lorae's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (24 total births) through the 1990s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Lorae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1940–1996 (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 Lorae 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.