Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Loran

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Loran
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1943

Peak era

1943

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19432024

Peak year

1943

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

3,714

Loran is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1943, when 79 boys were named Loran.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 3,714 Americans have been named Loran and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1943

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