Loran

Loran peaked in the US in 1902 at #615, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Loran as a boy’s name

US
England & Wales

Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.

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Year	US	England & Wales
2023	#12,239 (5)	—
2021	#10,799 (6)	—
2019	#12,145 (5)	—
2018	#12,156 (5)	—
2017	#7,546 (10)	—
2015	#12,086 (5)	—
2011	#8,767 (8)	—
2010	#10,766 (6)	—
2008	#9,871 (7)	#3,687 (4)
2007	#12,367 (5)	—
2006	#7,427 (10)	—
2005	#9,115 (7)	—
2004	#7,536 (9)	—
2003	#9,581 (6)	—
2002	#10,667 (5)	—

Loran as a girl’s name

US
England & Wales

Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.

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Year	US	England & Wales
2018	#13,793 (6)	—
2015	#13,006 (7)	—
2012	#13,483 (7)	—
2011	#16,764 (5)	—
2010	#13,448 (7)	—
2009	#12,429 (8)	#5,556 (3)
2008	#11,599 (9)	—
2007	#10,818 (10)	—
2006	#7,482 (16)	—
2005	#8,330 (13)	#4,798 (3)
2004	#7,391 (15)	—
2003	#6,885 (16)	—
2002	#5,673 (20)	—
2001	#4,447 (27)	—
2000	#4,649 (25)	—

The tide so far

Peaked in the US in 1902 at #615.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
In 2018, 55% of US babies named Loran were girls.