Loran

Where Loran comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Loran.

Loran through the years
  1. 1825
    Loran L. Lewis born
    American lawyer and politician
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1902
    Peak, #615
    13 babies named Loran, its best rank.
  4. 1904
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,064.
  5. 2019
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Loran L. Lewis · American lawyer and politician, 1825–1916

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.