# Loren (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/loren/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 59,320 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 46,479 / 12,841 (22% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 853, 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 | 115 | 1,776 |
| 2012 | 116 | 1,775 |
| 2013 | 103 | 1,934 |
| 2014 | 96 | 2,043 |
| 2015 | 108 | 1,890 |
| 2016 | 114 | 1,825 |
| 2017 | 109 | 1,872 |
| 2018 | 103 | 1,934 |
| 2019 | 95 | 2,025 |
| 2020 | 89 | 2,075 |
| 2021 | 84 | 2,223 |
| 2022 | 75 | 2,440 |
| 2023 | 70 | 2,544 |
| 2024 | 73 | 2,477 |
| 2025 | 55 | 3,015 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 81 | 1,789 |
| 2012 | 74 | 1,931 |
| 2013 | 53 | 2,385 |
| 2014 | 77 | 1,897 |
| 2015 | 72 | 2,009 |
| 2016 | 75 | 1,950 |
| 2017 | 52 | 2,473 |
| 2018 | 73 | 2,009 |
| 2019 | 56 | 2,408 |
| 2020 | 57 | 2,358 |
| 2021 | 58 | 2,363 |
| 2022 | 60 | 2,367 |
| 2023 | 57 | 2,406 |
| 2024 | 50 | 2,652 |
| 2025 | 40 | 3,062 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17 | 1,653 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,097 |

## People named Loren

- Loren Bouchard, American director and musician
- Loren Acton, astronaut
- Loren Shriver, American astronaut
- Loren Gray, American singer, social media personality, and model from Pennsylvania
- Loren Alfonso, Cuban-Azerbaijani boxer
- Loren Dean, American actor
- Loren Avedon, American actor
- Loren Eiseley, American philosopher (1907-1977)
- Loren Allred, American singer
- Loren L. Ryder, American sound engineer (1900-1985)
- Loren Fatović, Croatian water polo player
- Loren Lester, American actor (born 1960)

## 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.