Loran

Boy · recorded 1880–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1902best year

Most popular in 1902.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05310618801916195219872023

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 126 recorded years as a table
Loran, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188045
188244
188470
188945
189149
189478
189560
189744
189865
189956
190066
190175
1902106
190359
190447
190553
190789
190852
190949
191067
191153
191267
191349
191460
191579
191652
191769
191860
191963
192058
192156
192262
192358
192447
192556
192655
192748
192847
192966
193060
193145
193261
193353
193457
193538
193663
193758
193832
193942
194038
194142
194246
194355
194439
194534
194630
194734
194831
194928
195026
195127
195223
195321
195421
195522
195621
195723
195820
195922
196020
196130
196217
196318
196419
196527
196618
196721
196818
196919
197014
197116
197214
197315
197414
19758
197613
197712
19789
197912
198016
19816
19829
19839
198411
198510
198611
19879
19889
19894
19907
19915
19929
19935
19944
19956
19966
19974
19984
19994
20005
20013
20023
20033
20045
20054
20065
20072
20083
20103
20114
20153
20175
20183
20193
20213
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Loran isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#12,239
How rare
1 in 342,115 boys
Since 1880
3,714

Loran was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1902, at 106 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Loran doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.