Loran*
#1,860 most common boys' name of all time · #4,489 across all names · 82% boys / 18% girls · used 1880–2023 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,860
Rank overall
#4,489 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
4,531
Since 2016
37
Peak year
1943 #725
Best rank
#644 1902
Girls
Boys
peak 79/yr
Loran is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,278 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,832 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,173 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #12,193 |
| 2017 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,562 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,117 |
| 2012 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #8,789 |
| 2010 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #10,796 |
| 2009 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2008 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #9,901 |
| 2007 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #12,399 |
| 2006 | 16 | 10 | 26 | #7,448 |
| 2005 | 13 | 7 | 20 | #9,138 |
| 2004 | 15 | 9 | 24 | #7,564 |
| 2003 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #9,614 |
| 2002 | 20 | 5 | 25 | #10,704 |
| 2001 | 27 | 5 | 32 | #10,581 |
| 2000 | 25 | 9 | 34 | #6,865 |
| 1999 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #7,904 |
| 1998 | 29 | 7 | 36 | #7,591 |
| 1997 | 21 | 7 | 28 | #7,301 |
| 1996 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #5,204 |
| 1995 | 19 | 11 | 30 | #5,144 |
| 1994 | 25 | 8 | 33 | #6,394 |
| 1993 | 31 | 10 | 41 | #5,377 |
| 1992 | 29 | 18 | 47 | #3,468 |
| 1991 | 33 | 10 | 43 | #5,118 |
| 1990 | 29 | 14 | 43 | #3,984 |
| 1989 | 42 | 9 | 51 | #5,189 |
| 1988 | 24 | 17 | 41 | #3,096 |
| 1987 | 22 | 16 | 38 | #3,086 |
| 1986 | 21 | 20 | 41 | #2,608 |
| 1985 | 17 | 19 | 36 | #2,607 |
| 1984 | 16 | 19 | 35 | #2,541 |
| 1983 | 14 | 16 | 30 | #2,801 |
| 1982 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #2,845 |
| 1981 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #3,875 |
| 1980 | 11 | 29 | 40 | #1,918 |
| 1979 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #2,314 |
| 1978 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,943 |
| 1977 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #2,370 |
| 1976 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #2,258 |
| 1975 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #3,093 |
| 1974 | 7 | 22 | 29 | #1,993 |
| 1973 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #1,827 |
| 1972 | 8 | 23 | 31 | #1,881 |
| 1971 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,676 |
| 1970 | 12 | 26 | 38 | #1,710 |
| 1969 | 6 | 34 | 40 | #1,381 |
| 1968 | 5 | 31 | 36 | #1,399 |
| 1967 | 8 | 37 | 45 | #1,238 |
| 1966 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #1,349 |
| 1965 | 7 | 51 | 58 | #1,033 |
| 1964 | 8 | 38 | 46 | #1,269 |
| 1963 | 10 | 37 | 47 | #1,283 |
| 1962 | 14 | 36 | 50 | #1,299 |
| 1961 | 14 | 64 | 78 | #958 |
| 1960 | 14 | 43 | 57 | #1,196 |
| 1959 | 7 | 47 | 54 | #1,131 |
| 1958 | 9 | 42 | 51 | #1,191 |
| 1957 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,080 |
| 1956 | 5 | 44 | 49 | #1,141 |
| 1955 | 7 | 45 | 52 | #1,106 |
| 1954 | 6 | 43 | 49 | #1,143 |
| 1953 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,162 |
| 1952 | 6 | 45 | 51 | #1,085 |
| 1951 | 5 | 50 | 55 | #997 |
| 1950 | 5 | 46 | 51 | #1,045 |
| 1949 | — | 50 | 50 | #990 |
| 1948 | — | 55 | 55 | #936 |
| 1947 | — | 63 | 63 | #883 |
| 1946 | — | 48 | 48 | #971 |
| 1945 | — | 46 | 46 | #957 |
| 1944 | — | 53 | 53 | #876 |
| 1943 | — | 79 | 79 | #725 |
| 1942 | — | 63 | 63 | #814 |
| 1941 | — | 52 | 52 | #882 |
| 1940 | — | 44 | 44 | #975 |
| 1939 | — | 47 | 47 | #910 |
| 1938 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,083 |
| 1937 | — | 62 | 62 | #784 |
| 1936 | — | 65 | 65 | #749 |
| 1935 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,015 |
| 1934 | — | 59 | 59 | #817 |
| 1933 | — | 53 | 53 | #855 |
| 1932 | — | 64 | 64 | #796 |
| 1931 | — | 47 | 47 | #968 |
| 1930 | — | 66 | 66 | #798 |
| 1929 | — | 71 | 71 | #757 |
| 1928 | — | 52 | 52 | #943 |
| 1927 | — | 54 | 54 | #944 |
| 1926 | — | 61 | 61 | #850 |
| 1925 | — | 63 | 63 | #840 |
| 1924 | — | 53 | 53 | #967 |
| 1923 | — | 64 | 64 | #850 |
| 1922 | — | 67 | 67 | #836 |
| 1921 | — | 62 | 62 | #886 |
| 1920 | — | 62 | 62 | #870 |
| 1919 | — | 62 | 62 | #834 |
| 1918 | — | 61 | 61 | #847 |
| 1917 | — | 64 | 64 | #789 |
| 1916 | — | 46 | 46 | #941 |
| 1915 | — | 67 | 67 | #731 |
| 1914 | — | 39 | 39 | #876 |
| 1913 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,010 |
| 1912 | — | 29 | 29 | #826 |
| 1911 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,006 |
| 1910 | — | 13 | 13 | #895 |
| 1909 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,110 |
| 1908 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,061 |
| 1907 | — | 13 | 13 | #759 |
| 1905 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,034 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,116 |
| 1903 | — | 7 | 7 | #963 |
| 1902 | — | 13 | 13 | #644 |
| 1901 | — | 8 | 8 | #817 |
| 1900 | — | 10 | 10 | #870 |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | #994 |
| 1898 | — | 8 | 8 | #848 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,124 |
| 1895 | — | 7 | 7 | #923 |
| 1894 | — | 9 | 9 | #772 |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,029 |
| 1889 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,031 |
| 1884 | — | 8 | 8 | #744 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,003 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,008 |