Girls' name · peaked in 1968
Lora name popularity since 1925
43,497 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lora. Half of them were born in 1965 or earlier, so the typical Lora is about 61 years old in 2026. Lora peaked in 1968 as the #203 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 43,497
- Named Lora, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,916 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 43,363 girls · 134 boys
- Most popular in
- West Virginia
- 3.63× its national share
Peak year is the year Lora made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lora births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1963. Measured as a share of all babies, Lora peaked in 1968.
- Fastest rise: Between 1958 and 1963, Lora became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 2,510 baby girls to 1 in 1,210.
- Steepest fall: Between 1968 and 1973, its share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 1,080 to 1 in 2,010.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lora's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lora.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lora in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,573 | 8 | – |
| 1930s | 2,863 | 37 | #384 |
| 1940s | 3,126 | 14 | #422 |
| 1950s | 6,305 | 7 | #361 |
| 1960s | 14,170 | 51 | #229 |
| 1970s | 7,769 | 12 | #335 |
| 1980s | 4,130 | 5 | #481 |
| 1990s | 1,685 | 0 | #1,142 |
| 2000s | 853 | 0 | #2,067 |
| 2010s | 566 | 0 | #2,871 |
| 2020–25 | 323 | 0 | #2,916 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
35.6% of babies named Lora from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Lora is most popular
The index compares Lora's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lora.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 3.63× | 1,266 |
| Kentucky | 2.45× | 1,631 |
| Indiana | 2.33× | 2,191 |
| Ohio | 1.79× | 3,280 |
| Oklahoma | 1.77× | 914 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lora's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lora.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lora (1968).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data