Loranda — girls' name
97 babies named Loranda in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Loranda was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Loranda in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Loranda
The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Loranda between 1956 and 1990, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Loranda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Loranda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Loranda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Loranda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 97 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Loranda at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Loranda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1956
- Peak year (1972)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
97 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 9 births in a single year.
Loranda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 46 births that decade — 47% of Loranda's all-time total
Loranda decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Loranda's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1956–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.