Loran
Loran was last recorded in 2023, when 5 babies were given it; 4,531 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,260 Americans named Loran and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (50% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 35 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Loran by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Loran?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,398, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
79 babies in 1943, the peak
Loran peaked in 1943, when 79 boys were given it, #729 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | under 5 | 5 | #13,398 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 6 | #11,593 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 5 | #13,345 | |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,904 | 5 | #13,375 |
| 2017 | under 5 | 10 | #7,916 | |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,885 | 5 | #13,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #14,393 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,427 | 8 | #9,277 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,366 | 6 | #11,634 |
| 2009 | 8 | #13,177 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (128)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 9 | #12,189 | 7 | #10,586 |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,299 | 5 | #13,606 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,705 | 10 | #7,783 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,638 | 7 | #9,728 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,659 | 9 | #7,930 |
| 2003 | 16 | #7,072 | 6 | #10,356 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,798 | 5 | #11,765 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,515 | 5 | #11,633 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,725 | 9 | #7,175 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,360 | 7 | #8,372 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,981 | 7 | #8,103 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,939 | 7 | #7,788 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,893 | 11 | #5,392 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,139 | 11 | #5,366 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,189 | 8 | #6,745 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,540 | 10 | #5,624 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,733 | 18 | #3,542 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,332 | 10 | #5,334 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,677 | 14 | #4,101 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,689 | 9 | #5,424 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,844 | 17 | #3,150 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,929 | 16 | #3,139 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,965 | 20 | #2,652 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,563 | 19 | #2,658 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,629 | 19 | #2,584 |
| 1983 | 14 | #5,028 | 16 | #2,865 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,494 | 16 | #2,921 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,133 | 10 | #4,029 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,152 | 29 | #1,940 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,173 | 21 | #2,344 |
| 1978 | under 5 | 14 | #3,012 | |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,539 | 19 | #2,425 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,166 | 20 | #2,297 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,791 | 12 | #3,169 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,333 | 22 | #2,027 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,983 | 24 | #1,853 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,294 | 23 | #1,902 |
| 1971 | under 5 | 28 | #1,692 | |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,647 | 26 | #1,731 |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,095 | 34 | #1,388 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,663 | 31 | #1,413 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,242 | 37 | #1,241 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,229 | 32 | #1,357 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,574 | 51 | #1,040 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,257 | 38 | #1,272 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,422 | 37 | #1,293 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,529 | 36 | #1,303 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,541 | 64 | #962 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,458 | 43 | #1,201 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,335 | 47 | #1,134 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,368 | 42 | #1,197 |
| 1957 | under 5 | 50 | #1,079 | |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,489 | 44 | #1,151 |
| 1955 | 7 | #5,001 | 45 | #1,109 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,481 | 43 | #1,143 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 41 | #1,160 | |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,256 | 45 | #1,088 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,856 | 50 | #1,000 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,759 | 46 | #1,045 |
| 1949 | under 5 | 50 | #990 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 55 | #939 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 63 | #883 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 48 | #973 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 46 | #958 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 53 | #875 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 79 | #729 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 63 | #817 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 52 | #883 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 44 | #977 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 47 | #910 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 36 | #1,083 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 62 | #784 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 65 | #752 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 40 | #1,013 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 59 | #817 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 53 | #856 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 64 | #800 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 47 | #969 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 66 | #800 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 71 | #761 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 52 | #942 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 54 | #944 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 61 | #849 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 63 | #839 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 53 | #973 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 64 | #851 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 67 | #836 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 62 | #889 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 62 | #871 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 62 | #835 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 61 | #847 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 64 | #789 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 46 | #945 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 67 | #728 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 39 | #875 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 25 | #1,014 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 29 | #827 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 12 | #1,019 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 13 | #909 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 8 | #1,125 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 8 | #1,076 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 13 | #765 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 7 | #1,044 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 6 | #1,147 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 7 | #974 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 13 | #634 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 8 | #820 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 10 | #880 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 6 | #1,000 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 8 | #853 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 5 | #1,164 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 7 | #941 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 9 | #764 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 5 | #1,056 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 5 | #1,050 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 8 | #734 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 5 | #1,029 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 5 | #1,005 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Loran a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,531 Americans recorded as Loran, 18% are girls and 82% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Loran: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Loran, and how old are they?
2,260 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 50% of the 4,531 Americans ever recorded as Loran. The median Loran alive today is 53 years old; half are between 35 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 2,571 people named Loran (883 women and girls, 1,688 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,528 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 190 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 669 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 463 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 552 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 337 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 49 |
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 Loran born?
The states with the most babies named Loran are California, Texas and Illinois, with 44% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 123 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Texas | 73 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 66 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Iowa | 60 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Missouri | 56 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Indiana | 55 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Oklahoma | 51 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 48 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Nebraska | 14 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ 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 Loran 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 5 names spelled alike, given to 72,136 babies since 1880, Loran is the third most given (6.3% of them). In 2025 none of their 105 babies recorded by SSA was a Loran (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Loran
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 Loran and names like it
- Compare Loran and LorenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sLoran peaked in 1943.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Loran since 1910.
- The top names of 1943The year the most babies were named Loran.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Loran alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.