Lora
Feminine · “laurel”
Lora is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 52,235 girls against 249 boys since 1880.
Lora is Laura with the u removed, and the tree behind it crowned Roman victors and poets alike — which is why 'laureate' still means what it does.
How old is the name Lora?
Lora was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Lora alive today was born around 1963, making them about 62 years old. About 35,500 people named Lora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lora most popular?
Lora peaked in 1881, reaching #168 nationally. Today it ranks #2895, 2,727 places below that high. See the whole 1881 chart.
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Where it comes from
From laurus to Lora
The story of Lora
Laura was made famous by Petrarch, who addressed hundreds of poems to a woman of that name across a lifetime and effectively invented the European love lyric doing it. The name has been in continuous use since. Lora is the spelling without the u, which appears in German and Italian use and in American registers in real numbers, peaking around 1880 with a second rise in the 1960s.
Meaning
laurel
From the Latin laurus, 'laurel', through Laura. The wreath was the Roman symbol of victory and of poetic achievement, and the words 'laureate' and 'baccalaureate' carry the same root. The meaning has never been in doubt.
How the name formed
- laurus
- Laura
- Lora
Related forms: Lora · Laura · Laura
Pronouncing Lora
LOR-uh
Two syllables, stress on the first. Lora and Laura are said identically in most American accents.
Nicknames for Lora
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 19631,598 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #168reached in 1881
- Change vs 2022
- +9.4%58 in 2025, from 53
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lora in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lora in German — same name
- Laura in Italian — related form
- Laura in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Illinois.
Loras among us
people named Lora are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 27,712 born in 2025 was named Lora
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Lora sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Lora is headed
Lora should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Lora beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lora in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Laura stands behind it with a transparent meaning and one of the great literary histories.
- It is a living spelling in German as well as English.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Laura is much the commoner spelling and will be assumed.
- It is period-coded twice over, to the 1880s and the 1960s.
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Feminine · #2895 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Loras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 35,500 people named Lora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lora in 2025?
- Lora ranks #2895 among US girl names in 2025, with 58 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lora?
- About 1 in every 27,712 US girls born in 2025 was named Lora — 58 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lora with classmates?
- Lora will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lora
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