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Lora Name Popularity

How popular is the name Lora? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 278 151 0.0429%
1911 272 163 0.0438%
1912 295 193 0.0383%
1913 299 215 0.0379%
1914 321 224 0.0321%
1915 328 293 0.0322%
1916 327 304 0.0315%
1917 315 344 0.0344%
1918 320 363 0.0338%
1919 357 283 0.027%
1920 340 334 0.03%
1921 349 314 0.0274%
1922 356 304 0.0273%
1923 355 306 0.0273%
1924 360 319 0.0275%
1925 363 312 0.0276%
1926 415 228 0.0207%
1927 362 308 0.0278%
1928 383 261 0.0244%
1929 376 268 0.0259%
1930 365 292 0.028%
1931 376 249 0.0252%
1932 371 258 0.0261%
1933 383 238 0.0255%
1934 417 204 0.0211%
1935 396 221 0.0227%
1936 395 214 0.0222%
1937 392 225 0.0228%
1938 367 274 0.0268%
1939 392 241 0.0237%
1940 408 238 0.0224%
1941 424 215 0.0191%
1942 458 216 0.0171%
1943 452 223 0.0171%
1944 440 221 0.0178%
1945 427 237 0.0194%
1946 420 293 0.0199%
1947 415 337 0.0202%
1948 398 359 0.0225%
1949 397 356 0.0221%
1950 341 485 0.0301%
1951 390 393 0.0232%
1952 352 502 0.0288%
1953 377 470 0.0266%
1954 347 571 0.0312%
1955 360 553 0.0301%
1956 335 653 0.0346%
1957 333 720 0.0374%
1958 332 766 0.0405%
1959 302 875 0.0461%
1960 254 1,190 0.0628%
1961 236 1,305 0.0691%
1962 235 1,329 0.0724%
1963 214 1,573 0.0876%
1964 218 1,556 0.0884%
1965 227 1,363 0.0833%
1966 222 1,334 0.0854%
1967 214 1,363 0.0898%
1968 203 1,490 0.0992%
1969 210 1,453 0.0943%
1970 255 1,181 0.0742%
1971 268 1,044 0.0695%
1972 284 868 0.0637%
1973 313 699 0.0539%
1974 320 658 0.0506%
1975 331 635 0.0494%
1976 334 628 0.0487%
1977 344 614 0.0456%
1978 344 596 0.0443%
1979 377 565 0.0401%
1980 411 503 0.0344%
1981 441 446 0.0303%
1982 436 458 0.0306%
1983 455 409 0.0277%
1984 485 378 0.0254%
1985 466 412 0.0271%
1986 568 305 0.0202%
1987 564 308 0.0202%
1988 642 257 0.0165%
1989 693 245 0.0152%
1990 774 213 0.0129%
1991 997 141 0.0087%
1992 876 179 0.0112%
1993 1,104 113 0.0072%
1994 1,001 137 0.0089%
1995 1,168 98 0.0065%
1996 1,215 92 0.0061%
1997 1,428 66 0.0045%
1998 1,622 50 0.0033%
1999 1,465 66 0.0044%
2000 1,439 74 0.0048%
2001 1,681 54 0.0036%
2002 2,534 17 0.0011%
2003 2,083 33 0.0022%
2004 1,884 45 0.003%
2005 1,978 40 0.0026%
2006 3,033 11 0.0007%
2007 2,775 16 0.001%
2008 2,539 20 0.0013%
2009 3,576 6 0.0004%
2010 2,430 21 0.0015%
2011 0 0%
2012 3,628 5 0.0004%
2013 2,182 27 0.0019%
2014 2,790 12 0.0008%
2015 2,539 17 0.0012%
2016 3,398 5 0.0003%
2017 3,407 5 0.0004%
2018 3,381 5 0.0004%
2019 3,346 5 0.0004%
2020 2,819 20 0.0016%
2021 0 0%
2022 4,939 5 0.0004%

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Names Like Lora

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What names are variants of Lora?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Lora.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Lorabelle
Lorah
Loranna
Loreanna
Loree

The bay, or laurel plant

Latin

Lorenna
Lorey

The bay, or laurel plant

Latin

Lori

“The lazy one,” in allusion to the loris, a slow-moving nocturnal lemur, from the Flemish lorrias.

Modern

Loribelle
Lorinda

The bay, or laurel plant

Latin

Lorita

The bay, or laurel plant

Latin

Lorra
Lorrae
Lorree
Lorrie

The bay, or laurel plant

Latin

Lory

The bay, or laurel plant

Latin

Lowra

What names sound like Lora?

If you like how Lora sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Lora.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Lara

Protection

Latin

Leora

Compassion; light

Greek

Liora

God's gift of light to me

Hebrew

Lira

Foreign, true

German

Loria

English

Lura

German

Lyra

Lyre

Greek


What names are similar to Lora?

Find a name that’s like Lora, but just a little bit different.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Lorena

Laurel

Spanish

Lorraine

From Lorraine

French


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2 Comments

  1. Lora, in my particular case, is not a shortened form of anything. My grandmother, JoAnn, thought it would be cute to name me Lora from rearranging the letters in my father’s name, Arlo.

    I’ve never gotten offended, irritated, or bothered by those that would get my name wrong in the sense of it commonly being spelled Laura. I did however find it somewhat bothersome when people would use Lori, as that is a different sound & name altogether. I’d get especially irritated if I’d have to correct one person who would keep with using Lori. In the former equation of Lora/Laura, I felt as though that was an innocent mishap. In the latter two equations Lora/Lori, I felt as that was less of a mishap and more of an ,”I don’t care what your name is”, hence feeling a tad on the disrespectful side especially after repeated instances.

  2. Lora is NOT a short form of Laura at all. There is a common misconception that these two names are related or interchangeable when in fact Lora is the short name for Leonora, Lenora, and even rooted to Eleanor. Lora is not related to Laura.

    Don’t call Lora “Laura” – we don’t like it. Lora is NOT Laura. Spelling, pronunciation, meaning, root names – all different.


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