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Lora Name Popularity

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

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 151 0.0429%
1911 — 163 0.0438%
1912 — 193 0.0383%
1913 — 215 0.0379%
1914 — 224 0.0321%
1915 — 293 0.0322%
1916 — 304 0.0315%
1917 — 344 0.0344%
1918 — 363 0.0338%
1919 — 283 0.027%
1920 — 334 0.03%
1921 — 314 0.0274%
1922 — 304 0.0273%
1923 — 306 0.0273%
1924 — 319 0.0275%
1925 — 312 0.0276%
1926 — 228 0.0207%
1927 — 308 0.0278%
1928 — 261 0.0244%
1929 — 268 0.0259%
1930 — 292 0.028%
1931 — 249 0.0252%
1932 — 258 0.0261%
1933 — 238 0.0255%
1934 — 204 0.0211%
1935 — 221 0.0227%
1936 — 214 0.0222%
1937 — 225 0.0228%
1938 — 274 0.0268%
1939 — 241 0.0237%
1940 — 238 0.0224%
1941 — 215 0.0191%
1942 — 216 0.0171%
1943 — 223 0.0171%
1944 — 221 0.0178%
1945 — 237 0.0194%
1946 — 293 0.0199%
1947 — 337 0.0202%
1948 — 359 0.0225%
1949 — 356 0.0221%
1950 — 485 0.0301%
1951 — 393 0.0232%
1952 — 502 0.0288%
1953 — 470 0.0266%
1954 — 571 0.0312%
1955 — 553 0.0301%
1956 — 653 0.0346%
1957 — 720 0.0374%
1958 — 766 0.0405%
1959 — 875 0.0461%
1960 — 1,190 0.0628%
1961 — 1,305 0.0691%
1962 — 1,329 0.0724%
1963 — 1,573 0.0876%
1964 — 1,556 0.0884%
1965 — 1,363 0.0833%
1966 — 1,334 0.0854%
1967 — 1,363 0.0898%
1968 — 1,490 0.0992%
1969 — 1,453 0.0943%
1970 — 1,181 0.0742%
1971 — 1,044 0.0695%
1972 — 868 0.0637%
1973 — 699 0.0539%
1974 — 658 0.0506%
1975 — 635 0.0494%
1976 — 628 0.0487%
1977 — 614 0.0456%
1978 — 596 0.0443%
1979 — 565 0.0401%
1980 — 503 0.0344%
1981 — 446 0.0303%
1982 — 458 0.0306%
1983 — 409 0.0277%
1984 — 378 0.0254%
1985 — 412 0.0271%
1986 — 305 0.0202%
1987 — 308 0.0202%
1988 — 257 0.0165%
1989 — 245 0.0152%
1990 — 213 0.0129%
1991 — 141 0.0087%
1992 — 179 0.0112%
1993 — 113 0.0072%
1994 — 137 0.0089%
1995 — 98 0.0065%
1996 — 92 0.0061%
1997 — 66 0.0045%
1998 — 50 0.0033%
1999 — 66 0.0044%
2000 — 74 0.0048%
2001 — 54 0.0036%
2002 — 17 0.0011%
2003 — 33 0.0022%
2004 — 45 0.003%
2005 — 40 0.0026%
2006 — 11 0.0007%
2007 — 16 0.001%
2008 — 20 0.0013%
2009 — 6 0.0004%
2010 — 21 0.0015%
2011 — 0 0%
2012 — 5 0.0004%
2013 — 27 0.0019%
2014 — 12 0.0008%
2015 — 17 0.0012%
2016 — 5 0.0003%
2017 — 5 0.0004%
2018 — 5 0.0004%
2019 — 5 0.0004%
2020 — 20 0.0016%
2021 — 0 0%
2022 — 5 0.0004%
2023 — 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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3 Comments

  1. Her nickname!

  2. 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.

  3. 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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