How Many People Are Named Lora?
people named Lora are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,767 people in the US has this name
Based on 52,484 babies named Lora in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,598 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of LAURA. It is also used as an Italian diminutive of ELEONORA or LOREDANA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lora (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lora alive today is about 56 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 48 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lora first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1963, to 1,598 babies. In 2025, 58 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lora has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #169, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #2,916.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,916 |
| Best rank | #169 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #228 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lora alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lora were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 2,756 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lora was given 3.1 times as often in West Virginia, 2.4 times in Kentucky and 2.1 times in Indiana.
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