Lora
#2,895 for girls in 2025, 58 births · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 80 births
- Debut · girls
- 74 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 52,235since 1880
Lora over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lora has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,895 | 58 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,516 | 44 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,073 | 53 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,468 | 70 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,611 | 42 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,962 | 55 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,192 | 50 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,697 | 64 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,846 | 61 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,648 | 66 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,726 | 63 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,935 | 58 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,051 | 55 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,159 | 52 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,672 | 68 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,017 | 57 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,597 | 71 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,555 | 71 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,057 | 91 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,835 | 103 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,048 | 87 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,142 | 78 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,765 | 101 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,456 | 126 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,515 | 113 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,646 | 98 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,319 | 131 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,261 | 138 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,139 | 154 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,014 | 183 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,070 | 170 | — | |
| 1992 | #874 | 227 | — | |
| 1991 | #940 | 204 | — | |
| 1990 | #766 | 267 | — | |
| 1989 | #684 | 295 | — | |
| 1988 | #646 | 304 | — | |
| 1987 | #568 | 350 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #569 | 346 | — | |
| 1985 | #481 | 436 | — | |
| 1984 | #479 | 426 | — | |
| 1983 | #449 | 458 | — | |
| 1982 | #438 | 492 | — | |
| 1981 | #435 | 489 | — | |
| 1980 | #415 | 534 | — | |
| 1979 | #378 | 593 | — | |
| 1978 | #348 | 621 | — | |
| 1977 | #344 | 650 | — | |
| 1976 | #337 | 657 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #335 | 667 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #321 | 696 | — | |
| 1973 | #317 | 726 | — | |
| 1972 | #286 | 889 | — | |
| 1971 | #270 | 1,068 | — | |
| 1970 | #256 | 1,202 | — | |
| 1969 | #211 | 1,476 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #203 | 1,514 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #216 | 1,387 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #224 | 1,357 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #228 | 1,385 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #218 | 1,578 | — | |
| 1963 | #213 | 1,598 | — | |
| 1962 | #235 | 1,347 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #236 | 1,325 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #256 | 1,203 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #308 | 891 | — | |
| 1958 | #330 | 802 | — | |
| 1957 | #336 | 737 | — | |
| 1956 | #334 | 689 | — | |
| 1955 | #361 | 585 | — | |
| 1954 | #351 | 603 | — | |
| 1953 | #375 | 516 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #361 | 522 | — | |
| 1951 | #387 | 446 | — | |
| 1950 | #345 | 514 | — | |
| 1949 | #408 | 386 | — | |
| 1948 | #397 | 400 | — | |
| 1947 | #423 | 372 | — | |
| 1946 | #416 | 339 | — | |
| 1945 | #421 | 285 | — | |
| 1944 | #445 | 264 | — | |
| 1943 | #447 | 278 | — | |
| 1942 | #464 | 251 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #418 | 271 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #412 | 280 | — | |
| 1939 | #398 | 282 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #365 | 319 | — | |
| 1937 | #393 | 273 | — | |
| 1936 | #388 | 268 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #383 | 274 | — | |
| 1934 | #419 | 245 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #372 | 295 | — | |
| 1932 | #384 | 291 | — | |
| 1931 | #375 | 294 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #381 | 322 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #384 | 305 | — | |
| 1928 | #388 | 296 | — | |
| 1927 | #370 | 345 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #407 | 280 | — | |
| 1925 | #366 | 347 | — | |
| 1924 | #362 | 361 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #353 | 353 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #353 | 341 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #343 | 363 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #340 | 373 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #351 | 333 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #319 | 401 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #307 | 398 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #317 | 366 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #324 | 341 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #320 | 270 | — | |
| 1913 | #301 | 252 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #291 | 245 | — | |
| 1911 | #273 | 199 | — | |
| 1910 | #295 | 173 | — | |
| 1909 | #274 | 174 | — | |
| 1908 | #273 | 167 | — | |
| 1907 | #287 | 145 | — | |
| 1906 | #246 | 175 | — | |
| 1905 | #231 | 185 | — | |
| 1904 | #262 | 144 | — | |
| 1903 | #253 | 145 | — | |
| 1902 | #233 | 166 | — | |
| 1901 | #231 | 159 | — | |
| 1900 | #242 | 176 | — | |
| 1899 | #219 | 154 | — | |
| 1898 | #234 | 157 | — | |
| 1897 | #212 | 169 | — | |
| 1896 | #209 | 179 | — | |
| 1895 | #210 | 166 | — | |
| 1894 | #197 | 177 | — | |
| 1893 | #211 | 146 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #218 | 140 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #201 | 135 | — | |
| 1890 | #211 | 130 | — | |
| 1889 | #193 | 138 | — | |
| 1888 | #224 | 107 | — | |
| 1887 | #219 | 90 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #191 | 109 | — | |
| 1885 | #171 | 113 | — | |
| 1884 | #227 | 72 | — | |
| 1883 | #194 | 76 | — | |
| 1882 | #233 | 55 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #168 | 80 | — | |
| 1880 | #173 | 74 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lora was already there! It came in at #173, and was given to 74 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2017–2019, when fewer than 56 girls a year got the name.
Where Lora is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- West Virginia#125 · 1 in 614
- Kentucky#149 · 1 in 850
- Arkansas#234 · 1 in 1,411
- Alabama#254 · 1 in 1,556
- Indiana#263 · 1 in 1,792
Best ever in a state: #60 in West Virginia, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #125 | 16 | 1 in 614 |
| Kentucky | #149 | 25 | 1 in 850 |
| Arkansas | #234 | 9 | 1 in 1,411 |
| Alabama | #254 | 14 | 1 in 1,556 |
| Indiana | #263 | 19 | 1 in 1,792 |
| Oklahoma | #285 | 12 | 1 in 1,677 |
| Mississippi | #300 | 9 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Tennessee | #310 | 13 | 1 in 2,136 |
| North Carolina | #343 | 15 | 1 in 2,370 |
| Iowa | #368 | 6 | 1 in 2,875 |
| Pennsylvania | #368 | 23 | 1 in 3,006 |
| Ohio | #372 | 23 | 1 in 3,004 |
| Virginia | #375 | 12 | 1 in 2,746 |
| New Mexico | #378 | 5 | 1 in 1,921 |
| Colorado | #402 | 8 | 1 in 2,745 |
| Kansas | #405 | 5 | 1 in 2,930 |
| Oregon | #406 | 6 | 1 in 2,606 |
| Connecticut | #419 | 5 | 1 in 3,407 |
| Georgia | #434 | 12 | 1 in 3,091 |
| Missouri | #437 | 9 | 1 in 3,576 |
| Utah | #441 | 5 | 1 in 2,869 |
| Wisconsin | #451 | 7 | 1 in 4,378 |
| Minnesota | #481 | 6 | 1 in 4,757 |
| Illinois | #497 | 19 | 1 in 3,842 |
| Maryland | #497 | 6 | 1 in 4,019 |
| Florida | #536 | 16 | 1 in 4,079 |
| Michigan | #561 | 11 | 1 in 5,206 |
| Arizona | #572 | 6 | 1 in 3,833 |
| Texas | #605 | 28 | 1 in 4,763 |
| California | #624 | 43 | 1 in 4,704 |
| New York | #781 | 15 | 1 in 7,126 |
| New Jersey | #818 | 5 | 1 in 8,083 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 621 spots since 2024 (#3,516 → #2,895)
- 427 spots since 2020 (#2,468 → #2,895)
- 49 spots since 2015 (#2,846 → #2,895)
- Biggest jump: 66 spots in 1992 (#940 → #874)
- Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1993 (#874 → #1,070)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #168 (80 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 113 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1880–1992
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,083
- Highest: 1 in 1,083 girls born in 1968 were named Lora (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 27,711 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #168 in 1881, was only 1 in 1,149 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 27.1% of all girls named Lora (14,170) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 914 | #168 (1881) | #199 |
| 1890s | 1,553 | #197 (1894) | #212 |
| 1900s | 1,636 | #231 (1905) | #253 |
| 1910s | 2,978 | #273 (1911) | #310 |
| 1920s | 3,364 | #340 (1920) | #367 |
| 1930s | 2,863 | #365 (1938) | #386 |
| 1940s | 3,126 | #397 (1948) | #425 |
| 1950s | 6,305 | #308 (1959) | #349 |
| 1960s | 14,170 | #203 (1968) | #224 |
| 1970s | 7,769 | #256 (1970) | #319 |
| 1980s | 4,130 | #415 (1980) | #516 |
| 1990s | 1,685 | #766 (1990) | #1,154 |
| 2000s | 853 | #1,456 (2000) | #2,214 |
| 2010s | 566 | #2,648 (2014) | #2,983 |
| 2020s | 323 | #2,468 (2020) | #3,079 |
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.
Lora in 1985
girls
#481
436 births · 1 in 3,947 girls
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 3,947 of them was named Lora, which outranked 96.2% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Lora
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.