Loras — boys' name

What the Data Says About Loras

The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Loras between 1915 and 1964, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Loras currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Loras performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Loras shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 191 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Loras in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Loras 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 227 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.