Loma

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · Last seen for boys in 1935 at #3,645
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 10 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,289
since 1880

Loma over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Loma has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #596, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Loma was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Loma is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedINOhio: #520 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,086 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedCONebraska: #316 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,513 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedHITexas: #589 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,953 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Loma, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#316 · 1 in 2,513
  2. Ohio#520 · 1 in 9,086
  3. Texas#589 · 1 in 4,953

Best ever in a state: #313 in South Carolina, 1915.

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See more about Loma
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 248 spots in 1917 (#1,127 → #879)
  • Biggest drop: 355 spots in 1925 (#941 → #1,296)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #596 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1893–1909
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,973
  • Highest: 1 in 9,973 girls born in 1901 were named Loma (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #596 in 1882, was only 1 in 10,785 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.2% of all girls named Loma (532) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s41#596 (1882)#828
1890s114#790 (1898)#925
1900s220#645 (1901)#775
1910s431#782 (1913)#931
1920s532#857 (1921)#1,049
1930s317#1,043 (1931)#1,337
1940s311#1,272 (1940)#1,535
1950s184#1,835 (1950)#2,742
1960s113#2,960 (1963)#4,297
1970s11#7,070 (1970)#7,681
1980s10#10,411 (1981)#10,544
1990s0——
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2020s5#15,194 (2023)#15,194

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Loma in 1918

girls
#921
60 births · 1 in 19,294 girls

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #921Loma60
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 19,294 of them was named Loma, which outranked 83.5% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loma
  1. #915Fae61
  2. #915Gaynell61
  3. #915Mafalda61
  4. #921Loma60
  5. #921Christene60
  6. #921Domenica60
  7. #921Juliana60
  8. #930Adelina59
  9. #930Ellamae59
  10. #930Lavera59

Tied with 8 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918 →