Loring

Where Loring comes from

Loring hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #892 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1886
    Loring M. Black born
    American politician
  3. 1890
    Loring Smith born
    American actor
  4. 1896
    Peak, #826
    8 babies named Loring — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1898
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Loring M. Black · American politician, 1886–1956
  • Loring Smith · American actor, 1890–1981
  • Loring Christie · Canadian diplomat, 1885–1941
  • Loring Coes · American inventor and politician, 1812–1906

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.