Is Loren a boy or girl name?
Loren is used for both boys and girls in close to equal numbers in the US. In 2024, 72 girls and 50 boys were named Loren, so 59% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 21.6% of the 59,222 US babies named Loren were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #2,645
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,487
- Babies named Loren since 1880
- 59,222
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 824 babies
Boys and girls named Loren, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 230 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 276 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 447 | 6 | 1.3% |
| 1910s | 3,093 | 41 | 1.3% |
| 1920s | 5,810 | 76 | 1.3% |
| 1930s | 5,573 | 50 | 0.9% |
| 1940s | 6,398 | 137 | 2.1% |
| 1950s | 6,617 | 635 | 8.8% |
| 1960s | 6,353 | 1,082 | 14.6% |
| 1970s | 4,010 | 951 | 19.2% |
| 1980s | 3,632 | 2,654 | 42.2% |
| 1990s | 2,019 | 3,520 | 63.5% |
| 2000s | 1,016 | 2,175 | 68.2% |
| 2010s | 683 | 1,068 | 61% |
| 2020s | 282 | 388 | 57.9% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50 | #2,645 | 72 | #2,487 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,404 | 69 | #2,569 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,367 | 75 | #2,440 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,363 | 84 | #2,221 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,358 | 88 | #2,090 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,407 | 95 | #2,024 |
| 2018 | 73 | #2,009 | 103 | #1,934 |
| 2017 | 52 | #2,473 | 109 | #1,871 |
| 2016 | 75 | #1,950 | 114 | #1,825 |
| 2015 | 72 | #2,009 | 108 | #1,889 |
| 2014 | 77 | #1,897 | 96 | #2,042 |
| 2013 | 53 | #2,385 | 103 | #1,934 |
| 2012 | 74 | #1,931 | 116 | #1,775 |
| 2011 | 81 | #1,789 | 115 | #1,776 |
| 2010 | 70 | #1,982 | 109 | #1,869 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,155 | 140 | #1,605 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,082 | 161 | #1,467 |
| 2007 | 90 | #1,692 | 187 | #1,306 |
| 2006 | 94 | #1,570 | 192 | #1,254 |
| 2005 | 112 | #1,349 | 203 | #1,147 |
| 2004 | 107 | #1,361 | 216 | #1,070 |
| 2003 | 100 | #1,358 | 239 | #972 |
| 2002 | 126 | #1,136 | 224 | #985 |
| 2001 | 119 | #1,166 | 279 | #830 |
| 2000 | 138 | #1,044 | 334 | #701 |
| 1999 | 124 | #1,085 | 323 | #701 |
| 1998 | 142 | #975 | 314 | #706 |
| 1997 | 167 | #849 | 334 | #658 |
| 1996 | 152 | #891 | 311 | #696 |
| 1995 | 183 | #795 | 262 | #771 |
| 1994 | 221 | #701 | 347 | #632 |
| 1993 | 225 | #689 | 362 | #625 |
| 1992 | 255 | #646 | 405 | #577 |
| 1991 | 289 | #600 | 399 | #580 |
| 1990 | 261 | #630 | 463 | #517 |
| 1989 | 289 | #572 | 397 | #563 |
| 1988 | 301 | #527 | 325 | #614 |
| 1987 | 334 | #484 | 250 | #722 |
| 1986 | 366 | #457 | 311 | #614 |
| 1985 | 375 | #440 | 298 | #629 |
| 1984 | 390 | #418 | 294 | #609 |
| 1983 | 420 | #397 | 244 | #700 |
| 1982 | 385 | #426 | 195 | #813 |
| 1981 | 380 | #430 | 181 | #860 |
| 1980 | 392 | #415 | 159 | #941 |
| 1979 | 379 | #406 | 128 | #1,078 |
| 1978 | 362 | #407 | 107 | #1,179 |
| 1977 | 340 | #429 | 91 | #1,290 |
| 1976 | 371 | #403 | 97 | #1,177 |
| 1975 | 341 | #422 | 93 | #1,237 |
| 1974 | 357 | #414 | 96 | #1,173 |
| 1973 | 393 | #390 | 71 | #1,394 |
| 1972 | 433 | #378 | 79 | #1,300 |
| 1971 | 470 | #374 | 87 | #1,272 |
| 1970 | 564 | #338 | 102 | #1,142 |
| 1969 | 614 | #305 | 125 | #957 |
| 1968 | 570 | #318 | 111 | #996 |
| 1967 | 566 | #311 | 113 | #964 |
| 1966 | 619 | #299 | 127 | #894 |
| 1965 | 656 | #294 | 113 | #972 |
| 1964 | 708 | #296 | 116 | #994 |
| 1963 | 693 | #295 | 83 | #1,206 |
| 1962 | 627 | #315 | 115 | #1,005 |
| 1961 | 643 | #306 | 84 | #1,207 |
| 1960 | 657 | #303 | 95 | #1,109 |
| 1959 | 612 | #314 | 107 | #1,027 |
| 1958 | 632 | #300 | 99 | #1,056 |
| 1957 | 651 | #294 | 104 | #1,029 |
| 1956 | 646 | #292 | 85 | #1,125 |
| 1955 | 716 | #260 | 70 | #1,202 |
| 1954 | 688 | #269 | 42 | #1,572 |
| 1953 | 691 | #263 | 43 | #1,499 |
| 1952 | 673 | #264 | 36 | #1,627 |
| 1951 | 667 | #258 | 28 | #1,861 |
| 1950 | 641 | #257 | 21 | #2,163 |
| 1949 | 651 | #253 | 20 | #2,250 |
| 1948 | 667 | #249 | 19 | #2,294 |
| 1947 | 694 | #250 | 25 | #1,973 |
| 1946 | 652 | #237 | 23 | #1,951 |
| 1945 | 623 | #219 | 19 | #1,965 |
| 1944 | 613 | #225 | 10 | #3,060 |
| 1943 | 677 | #214 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1942 | 673 | #218 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1941 | 562 | #228 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 586 | #214 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 625 | #200 | 8 | #3,302 |
| 1938 | 575 | #215 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 486 | #239 | 5 | #4,635 |
| 1936 | 545 | #214 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 573 | #210 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 570 | #213 | 6 | #4,098 |
| 1933 | 549 | #212 | 8 | #3,279 |
| 1932 | 538 | #224 | 6 | #4,194 |
| 1931 | 576 | #216 | 12 | #2,505 |
| 1930 | 536 | #236 | 5 | #4,947 |
| 1929 | 553 | #229 | 9 | #3,273 |
| 1928 | 612 | #215 | 9 | #3,336 |
| 1927 | 607 | #222 | 5 | #5,268 |
| 1926 | 608 | #223 | 11 | #2,974 |
| 1925 | 637 | #216 | 7 | #4,252 |
| 1924 | 636 | #211 | 9 | #3,546 |
| 1923 | 579 | #228 | 12 | #2,834 |
| 1922 | 557 | #238 | 7 | #4,261 |
| 1921 | 491 | #256 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 530 | #237 | 7 | #4,219 |
| 1919 | 479 | #241 | 9 | #3,354 |
| 1918 | 524 | #228 | 6 | #4,598 |
| 1917 | 424 | #245 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1916 | 434 | #243 | 12 | #2,583 |
| 1915 | 392 | #245 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 273 | #263 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 223 | #255 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 201 | #249 | 5 | #3,229 |
| 1911 | 77 | #306 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 66 | #302 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 66 | #280 | 6 | #2,109 |
| 1908 | 46 | #333 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 45 | #319 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 47 | #298 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 47 | #292 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 37 | #331 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 38 | #308 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 33 | #345 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 44 | #261 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 44 | #322 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 30 | #328 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 19 | #479 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 36 | #310 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 32 | #334 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 30 | #339 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 30 | #326 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 20 | #413 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 29 | #351 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 24 | #355 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 26 | #345 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 22 | #387 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 23 | #393 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 23 | #346 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 22 | #375 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 20 | #405 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 19 | #423 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 22 | #365 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 35 | #291 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 22 | #358 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 22 | #369 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Loren reached #200 in 1939. As a girl name, it reached #517 in 1990. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1960s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Loren
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.