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Loran

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Loran has been given to 4,531 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1943, with 79 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% boys, 18% girls all-time.

Babies named Loran, 2023

1 in 663,000

Loran over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Loran over time

In 2023, Loran went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18802023

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Loran: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Loran means

Loran is a given name.

The naming story behind Loran

Wikidata records Loran as a given name. The entity identifier is Q98543098, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,714 boys were recorded with the name Loran between 1880 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 79 in 1943; its best national rank was #634 in 1902.

In the United States, 817 girls were recorded with the name Loran between 1950 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 42 in 1989; its best national rank was #2,689 in 1989.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Loran?

Loran had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
459,528 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Loran sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Loran. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lorans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Loran was born before 1942 — so the typical Loran is around 83 today.

Median birth year
1942
About 83 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
16.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
3.2%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,452
People you could plausibly meet
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1920s — 16.4% of all recorded uses (609).

Is Loran rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1943 (79)
Years since peak
82
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#634
1902

Spellings of Loran

Loran is not the most common spelling — Jordan is, with 23.6% against Loran's 0.22%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Loran is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Loran was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 185,611 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 33,333
  2. 2Oklahoma1 in 50,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in 100,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 100,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7Missouri1 in 100,000
  8. 8North Dakota1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Loran has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Loran is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Loran was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 383,779 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Loran has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Loran around the world

Where Loran ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2008
    #3,687
    in 2008
  • France
    1969–2025
    #6,116
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2020–2020
    #2,945
    in 2020

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Loran

People whose public names include Loran, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Loran by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#634
1902
Peak year
1943
79 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
3,714
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,689
1989
Peak year
1989
42 that year
First recorded
1950
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
817
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Loran

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

LorneKiranKyranImranLorinLorenzDoranTyranAbranTaranQuranDuranKaranOranKamranLordCiaranLorenLorenzaTerranLorikIranKoranLoring

Names with a curve like Loran

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Loran, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JonnieMeltonReynoldDenzilTheadoreEzellGarnettCarletonWillamHaywardMeredithWyman

Sibling names for Loran

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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