first name
LOREN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 38,871 people named Loren, 79.2% reported their origin as White, 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.7% as Black. 68.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Loren peaked in 1964, when 824 babies got the name.
At least 59,320 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Loren by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #479. The largest share of babies named Loren, 23.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Loren is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Loren has been most common in South Dakota (5.5×), North Dakota (5.3×), and Kansas (3.9×), and least common in South Carolina (0.12×).
49,768 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Loren
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Loren, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Loren ranks #26,940 of 156,621, with 951 people. See Loren as a last name
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