Girls' name · since 1956
Loranda
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.
- #27,463 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 97
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
Loranda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 97 recorded since 1956.
Loranda has 97 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 1990.
- #27,463 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 97 born since 1956
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loranda ranks #27,463 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 97 born since 1956, peaking in the 1970s.
- #27,463 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 97
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
Loranda's 97 recorded births place it above 61.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Loranda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Loranda's SSA record in two at 1974 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1958, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Loranda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1990
- Peak year (1972)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Loranda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (46 births, 47% of the file).
1970s was Loranda's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Loranda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 46 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Loranda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Loranda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1956–1990 (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 Loranda 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.