Loring
Last seen for girls in 1973 at #8,423 · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #6,415
Given to boys 98.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1896 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,285since 1883
Loring over time
Rank among boys' names. Loring has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
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| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | — | #2,415 | 13 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,205 | 14 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,713 | 22 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,837 | 19 | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | — | #1,725 | 20 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #1,435 | 28 |
| 1953 | — | #1,900 | 17 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,598 | 22 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,701 | 19 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,872 | 16 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,916 | 16 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,327 | 28 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,438 | 22 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,381 | 25 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,588 | 19 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,081 | 12 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,050 | 12 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,481 | 21 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,540 | 19 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,837 | 15 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,932 | 14 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,356 | 26 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,302 | 28 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,602 | 21 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,413 | 26 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,293 | 31 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,407 | 28 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,605 | 22 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,451 | 26 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,628 | 23 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,460 | 26 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,242 | 34 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,390 | 29 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,408 | 26 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,404 | 26 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,528 | 22 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,342 | 20 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
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| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
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| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
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| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
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| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Loring! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Loring is popular in 1896
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Loring
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
- Biggest drop: 26 spots in 1897 (#826 → #852)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1896 at #826 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1896–1897
- Highest: 1 in 14,946 boys born in 1896 were named Loring (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,434 boys born in 1990 (0.00%)
- 21.3% of all boys named Loring (274) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #892 (1883) | #926 |
| 1890s | 20 | #826 (1896) | #917 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,009 (1903) | #1,138 |
| 1910s | 168 | #1,190 (1911) | #1,466 |
| 1920s | 274 | #1,242 (1922) | #1,424 |
| 1930s | 185 | #1,302 (1931) | #1,684 |
| 1940s | 188 | #1,327 (1946) | #1,698 |
| 1950s | 198 | #1,435 (1954) | #1,801 |
| 1960s | 129 | #1,713 (1962) | #2,460 |
| 1970s | 63 | #2,891 (1970) | #4,170 |
| 1980s | 26 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,501 |
| 1990s | 7 | #6,415 (1990) | #6,415 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Loring in 1896
Top boys' names in 1896
More about 1896
boys
119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 14,946 of them was named Loring, which outranked 34.8% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).