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Loren

Gender
Girl
Say it
LOR-en
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,998 for girls

Loren is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Laurentum”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,998th for girls in the US (55 babies).

What does Loren mean?

Latin: variant of Lauren or Lorne, from Laurentius

“from Laurentum”

Related to Lauren and Lawrence, from Latin Laurentius, 'man from Laurentum', a town near Rome.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Loren is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 55 girls and 40 boys in the US.

How popular is Loren in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,935among girls
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Loren, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 113 girls.

Half of all the girls named Loren in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 41 girls in the UK were given Loren or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #835, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 113 in 19962025
Loren in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20245#4,253
20235#4,251
20220–
20216#3,697
20205#4,110
20195#4,214
201811#2,464
20174#4,967
20167#3,389
20156#3,777
201410#2,618
20139#2,796
20126#3,881
201114#2,032
201018#1,694
200912#2,153
200819#1,548
200727#1,138
200623#1,229
200528#1,004
200437#814
200353#608
200260#547
200186#417
200087#409
199973#462
199879#438
199799#382
1996113#345

How popular is Loren in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,998among girls
Babies in 2025
55about 1 in 29,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 31% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 55 girls in the US were named Loren, making it the 2,998th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,065th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 463 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909. 40 boys were also named Loren in 2025 (3,035th for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Loren than any year since 1954.

Half of all the girls named Loren in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 868 girls in the US were given Loren or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #380, up from #2,998 for this spelling alone.

In 1909, 8% of the babies named Loren in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 58%, with more girls than boys since 1988.

1909Busiest: 463 in 19902025
Loren in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202555#2,998
202473#2,462
202370#2,517
202275#2,425
202184#2,212
202089#2,065
201995#2,011
2018103#1,925
2017109#1,863
2016114#1,815
2015108#1,883
201496#2,038
2013103#1,929
2012116#1,774
2011115#1,772
2010109#1,860
2009140#1,602
2008161#1,461
2007187#1,303
2006192#1,252
2005203#1,145
2004216#1,067
2003239#970
2002224#983
2001279#829
2000334#701
1999323#699
1998314#704
1997334#658
1996311#695
1995262#769
1994347#632
1993362#623
1992405#575
1991399#580
1990463#516
1989397#563
1988325#614
1987250#722
1986311#614
1985298#628
1984294#607
1983244#697
1982195#812
1981181#858
1980159#939
1979128#1,074
1978107#1,176
197791#1,286
197697#1,172
197593#1,229
197496#1,169
197371#1,388
197279#1,289
197187#1,266
1970102#1,140
1969125#955
1968111#991
1967113#959
1966127#890
1965113#966
1964116#990
196383#1,201
1962115#1,001
196184#1,203
196095#1,102
1959107#1,022
195899#1,050
1957104#1,025
195685#1,115
195570#1,196
195442#1,559
195343#1,490
195236#1,610
195128#1,841
195021#2,120
194920#2,211
194819#2,254
194725#1,945
194623#1,918
194519#1,940
194410#2,945
194315#2,351
19426#4,122
19410–
19400–
19398#3,143
19380–
19375#4,253
19360–
19350–
19346#3,800
19338#3,108
19326#3,899
193112#2,425
19305#4,548
19299#3,135
19289#3,162
19275#4,803
192611#2,871
19257#4,027
19249#3,391
192312#2,732
19227#4,009
19210–
19207#3,955
19199#3,217
19186#4,289
19179#3,090
191612#2,497
19150–
19140–
19130–
19125#2,977
19110–
19100–
19096#1,957

Names like Loren

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

Erin Francesca Jasmine Molly Emily Amber Leah Holly Robyn Jessica Lara Zoe

Other spellings of Loren

Lauren Lorin Loryn Laureen Lawren

Names related to Loren

Lorena Lorna Lorenna Lorien Laren Lorina Lorren Lorene Lorne

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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, “Loren: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/loren, updated 20 October 2026.