How Many People Are Named Loren?

36,521

people named Loren are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 9,358 people in the US has this name

Based on 59,320 babies named Loren in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,122

💎 Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#53

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Peak Year

1964

824 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: LAWR-ən
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Either a short form of LAURENCE (1) (masculine) or a variant of LAUREN (feminine).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Loren in English. Counting Loren and these spellings together, about 501,759 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

LaurentiaLaurentiusLlorençLovreLovrencoLovroVavřinecLarsLasseLauritsLauritzLorensLauLaurensLourens

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
33.3%
Male
66.7%

Of the babies given the name Loren, 33.3% were girls and 66.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Loren rose from 0% in the 1880s to 58.1% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 2000s, at 68.2%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Loren alive today is about 48 years old, and 45% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 33 and 65 in 2025.

Under 30 7,487
20.5%
30 to 59 16,524
45.2%
60 and over 12,510
34.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Loren first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1964, to 824 babies. In 2025, 95 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Loren has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #200, in 1939. In 2025 it ranked #3,061. Among girls, its best rank was #516, in 1990.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#3,061#3,015
Best rank#200 (1939)#516 (1990)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#283 in the 1950s#644 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Loren alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Loren were born in California than in any other state: about 4,306 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Loren was given 4.8 times as often in South Dakota, 4.5 times in North Dakota and 3.6 times in Kansas.

California 4,306
New York 2,082
Texas 1,847
Illinois 1,737
Minnesota 1,478
Michigan 1,374
Ohio 1,286
Washington 1,233
Indiana 1,084
Pennsylvania 1,068
Florida 1,064
Iowa 906
Missouri 852
Kansas 717
Oregon 689
Wisconsin 688
Arizona 608
Colorado 515
Georgia 457
New Jersey 455
South Dakota 443
North Dakota 433
Nebraska 418
Oklahoma 398
Virginia 392
Tennessee 343
North Carolina 313
Kentucky 308
Montana 303
Louisiana 234
Utah 222
New Mexico 222
Massachusetts 195
Arkansas 182
Alabama 171
Idaho 161
Maryland 124
Connecticut 122
South Carolina 88
West Virginia 84
Mississippi 84
Nevada 42
Hawaii 35
Alaska 29
Wyoming 28
District of Columbia 21
Maine 21
Vermont 19
Rhode Island 10

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