Mostly boys · peaked in 1925
Loren name popularity since 1925
52,399 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Loren (24.3% girls, 75.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1964 or earlier, so the typical Loren is about 62 years old in 2026. Loren peaked in 1925 as the #216 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 52,399
- Named Loren, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1925
- #216 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,062 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 75.7% boys
- 12,759 girls · 39,640 boys
- Most popular in
- South Dakota
- 5.82× its national share
Peak year is the year Loren made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Loren births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1955. Measured as a share of all babies, Loren peaked in 1925.
- Steepest fall: Between 1991 and 1996, Loren's share of baby boys fell by 44%, from 1 in 6,990 to 1 in 12,500.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Loren's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Loren.
Decade by decade
Babies named Loren in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 41 | 3,017 | – |
| 1930s | 50 | 5,573 | #210 |
| 1940s | 137 | 6,398 | #219 |
| 1950s | 635 | 6,617 | #260 |
| 1960s | 1,082 | 6,353 | #294 |
| 1970s | 951 | 4,010 | #422 |
| 1980s | 2,654 | 3,632 | #440 |
| 1990s | 3,520 | 2,019 | #795 |
| 2000s | 2,175 | 1,016 | #1,349 |
| 2010s | 1,068 | 683 | #2,009 |
| 2020–25 | 446 | 322 | #3,062 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
26.4% of babies named Loren from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Loren is most popular
The index compares Loren'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 Loren.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 5.82× | 834 |
| North Dakota | 5.74× | 813 |
| Montana | 3.61× | 475 |
| Kansas | 3.51× | 1,607 |
| Minnesota | 3.42× | 2,808 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Loren and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Loren (this page) | 39,640 | 1925 |
| Lorin | 3,909 | 1913 |
| Loran | 2,845 | 1902 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Loren's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Loren.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Loren (1925).
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