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Loran

Girl · LOR-an · Latin

Loran is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Laurentum”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Loran mean?

Latin: variant of Loren, from Laurence

“from Laurentum”

A variant of Loren, a short form of Laurence, from the Roman name Laurentius.

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LOR-an

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

Loran is a girls' name.

How popular is Loran in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 10 girls.

1996Busiest: 10 in 19972009
Loran in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20093#5,801
20080–
20070–
20060–
20053#4,976
20040–
20030–
20020–
20011#5,353
20001#5,280
19990–
19980–
199710#1,780
19968#2,012

How popular is Loran in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1943, with 79 boys.

Half of all the boys named Loran in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 1950, 10% of the babies named Loran in the US were girls. By 2001 it was 84%, with more girls than boys since 1986.

1880Busiest: 79 in 19432023
Loran in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20235#12,232
20220–
20216#10,794
20200–
20195#12,138
20185#12,150
201710#7,542
20160–
20155#12,080
20140–
20130–
20120–
20118#8,760
20106#10,759
20090–
20087#9,864
20075#12,361
200610#7,422
20057#9,108
20049#7,530
20036#9,574
20025#10,660
20015#10,548
20009#6,832
19997#7,867
19987#7,553
19977#7,275
199611#5,180
199511#5,118
19948#6,366
199310#5,353
199218#3,452
199110#5,088
199014#3,965
19899#5,158
198817#3,074
198716#3,068
198620#2,598
198519#2,596
198419#2,528
198316#2,786
198216#2,830
198110#3,856
198029#1,910
197921#2,309
197814#2,928
197719#2,361
197620#2,244
197512#3,076
197422#1,983
197324#1,817
197223#1,871
197128#1,667
197026#1,698
196934#1,376
196831#1,393
196737#1,230
196632#1,344
196551#1,031
196438#1,262
196337#1,278
196236#1,294
196164#957
196043#1,192
195947#1,128
195842#1,185
195750#1,074
195644#1,139
195545#1,104
195443#1,136
195341#1,154
195245#1,080
195150#991
195046#1,036
194950#984
194855#932
194763#877
194648#967
194546#954
194453#870
194379#724
194263#812
194152#876
194044#967
193947#904
193836#1,076
193762#781
193665#747
193540#1,011
193459#808
193353#852
193264#793
193147#959
193066#797
192971#752
192852#938
192754#937
192661#842
192563#835
192453#960
192364#846
192267#830
192162#884
192062#865
191962#832
191861#841
191764#784
191646#939
191567#725
191439#870
191325#995
191229#816
191112#981
191013#859
19098#1,083
19088#1,021
190713#735
19060–
19057#1,001
19046#1,063
19037#910
190213#614
19018#778
190010#835
18996#927
18988#803
18975#1,056
18960–
18957#871
18949#729
18930–
18920–
18915#962
18900–
18895#973
18880–
18870–
18860–
18850–
18848#701
18830–
18825#942
18810–
18805#909

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