Lora
Lora is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 44 births. Its best rank was 169th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 440.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19631,598 births
- Best rank
- #169in 1881
- Since 1880
- 52,176people given the name
The story in the numbers
52,176 girls have been named Lora in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1963, with 1,598 births.
The name has all but left use: 44 births in 2024, against 1,598 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1960s alone account for 27%. It has spent 113 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lora | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 914 | |
| 1890s | 1,553 | |
| 1900s | 1,636 | |
| 1910s | 2,978 | |
| 1920s | 3,364 | |
| 1930s | 2,863 | |
| 1940s | 3,126 | |
| 1950s | 6,305 | |
| 1960s | 14,170 | |
| 1970s | 7,769 | |
| 1980s | 4,130 | |
| 1990s | 1,685 | |
| 2000s | 853 | |
| 2010s | 565 | |
| 2020s | 265 |
In 1963, its biggest year
Lora was the 213th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1963 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1963.
Names that rose and fell with Lora
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Letitiapeak 1964
- Laurapeak 1964
- Malindapeak 1969
- Cammiepeak 1968
- Nenapeak 1963
- Tressapeak 1971
- Tenapeak 1962
- Cathrinepeak 1956
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.