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Lora

Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#3,409 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,895 for girls

Lora is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).

What does Lora mean?

Latin

A female given name from Latin, an alternative spelling of Laura.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Lora a girl's or a boy's name?

Lora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lora in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,409th among girls
Babies in 2025
7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady much the same
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Lora, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 18 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Lora than any year since 2012.

Half of all the girls named Lora in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 18 in 20232025
Lora in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
20248#3,076
202318#1,728
202210#2,615
202117#1,794
202011#2,407
201913#2,157
20189#2,825
201714#2,099
20169#2,893
20159#2,855
201414#2,076
201310#2,599
20125#4,390
201114#2,032
20108#2,992
20095#4,141
20089#2,663
20073#5,415
20067#2,940
20055#3,543
20048#2,406
200310#1,954
20023#4,284
20011#5,353
20007#2,304
199912#1,576
19985#2,855
199712#1,559
199611#1,621

How popular is Lora in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,895th among girls
Babies in 2025
58 about 1 in 28,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Lora, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,468th. Its busiest year was 1963, with 1,598 girls.

2025 had more girls named Lora than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Lora in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 1,598 in 19632025
Lora in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202558#2,895
202444#3,516
202349#3,274
202253#3,073
202149#3,250
202070#2,468
201942#3,610
201855#2,961
201750#3,192
201664#2,697
201561#2,846
201466#2,646
201363#2,725
201258#2,934
201155#3,050
201052#3,158
200968#2,671
200857#3,016
200771#2,597
200671#2,555
200591#2,056
2004103#1,834
200387#2,046
200278#2,139
2001101#1,762
2000126#1,454
1999113#1,513
199898#1,644
1997131#1,317
1996138#1,259
1995154#1,136
1994183#1,013
1993170#1,068
1992227#872
1991204#938
1990267#765
1989295#683
1988304#646
1987350#568
1986346#569
1985436#481
1984426#479
1983458#449
1982492#438
1981489#435
1980534#415
1979593#378
1978621#348
1977650#344
1976657#337
1975667#335
1974696#321
1973726#317
1972889#286
19711,068#270
19701,202#256
19691,476#211
19681,514#203
19671,387#216
19661,357#224
19651,385#228
19641,578#218
19631,598#213
19621,347#235
19611,325#236
19601,203#256
1959891#308
1958802#330
1957737#336
1956689#334
1955585#361
1954603#350
1953516#374
1952522#360
1951446#386
1950514#345
1949386#407
1948400#397
1947372#423
1946339#416
1945285#421
1944264#445
1943278#447
1942251#464
1941271#418
1940280#412
1939282#398
1938319#365
1937273#393
1936268#388
1935274#383
1934245#419
1933295#372
1932291#384
1931294#375
1930322#381
1929305#384
1928296#388
1927345#370
1926280#407
1925347#366
1924361#362
1923353#353
1922341#353
1921363#343
1920373#340
1919333#351
1918401#319
1917398#307
1916366#317
1915341#324
1914270#320
1913252#301
1912245#291
1911199#273
1910173#295
1909174#274
1908167#273
1907145#287
1906175#246
1905185#231
1904144#262
1903145#253
1902166#233
1901159#231
1900176#242
1899154#219
1898157#234
1897169#212
1896179#209
1895166#210
1894177#197
1893146#211
1892140#218
1891135#201
1890130#211
1889138#193
1888107#224
188790#219
1886109#191
1885113#171
188472#227
188376#194
188255#233
188180#168
188074#173

Names like Lora

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Rosa, Lola, Flora, Alma, Clara, Florence, Laura, Nora, Ada, Mabel, Rosie, Martha

Names related to Lora

Liora, Lori, Leora, Liorah, Lory

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Luna, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Anthony, Austin, Felix, Camila

Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Lora: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lora, updated 20 October 2026.