# Lora (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lora/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 52,484 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 249 / 52,235 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 260, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 3,079 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,959 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,751 |
| 2014 | 66 | 2,670 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,871 |
| 2016 | 64 | 2,728 |
| 2017 | 50 | 3,228 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,992 |
| 2019 | 42 | 3,647 |
| 2020 | 70 | 2,487 |
| 2021 | 49 | 3,279 |
| 2022 | 53 | 3,102 |
| 2023 | 49 | 3,308 |
| 2024 | 44 | 3,552 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,916 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 6 | 3,333 |
| 1941 | 7 | 3,028 |
| 1942 | 7 | 3,097 |
| 1953 | 7 | 3,297 |
| 1960 | 7 | 3,529 |
| 1961 | 6 | 3,892 |
| 1962 | 6 | 3,866 |
| 1965 | 5 | 4,238 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,301 |
| 1967 | 8 | 3,138 |
| 1968 | 6 | 3,966 |
| 1969 | 8 | 3,476 |
| 1975 | 7 | 4,604 |
| 1976 | 5 | 6,133 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,677 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Lora

- Lora Hristova, Bulgarian biathlete
- Lora Kitipova, Bulgarian volleyball player
- Lora Aborn, composer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.