Loring
Loring is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 867th, in 1896.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192234 births
- Best rank
- #867in 1896
- Since 1883
- 1,285people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,285 boys have been named Loring in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 34 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 34 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Loring | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | |
| 1890s | 20 | |
| 1900s | 17 | |
| 1910s | 168 | |
| 1920s | 274 | |
| 1930s | 185 | |
| 1940s | 188 | |
| 1950s | 198 | |
| 1960s | 129 | |
| 1970s | 63 | |
| 1980s | 26 | |
| 1990s | 7 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Loring was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Loring
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Bernardpeak 1924
- Lloydpeak 1918
- Leonardpeak 1921
- Ralphpeak 1921
- Norwoodpeak 1921
- Merrillpeak 1926
- Gilfordpeak 1922
- Alvinpeak 1927
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.