girl's name
Lora
LOR-uh
- Origin Latin
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 4
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 54,229
Scotland
#789
1992 births
Lora means from Laurentum, and the laurel is one step removed — the Roman town was named for its bay trees, and the personal name says which town you came from rather than which plant crowned you.
- Lora is a name of Latin origin.
- Peaked in 1963, when 1,598 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 57,162 babies in the United States is given this name.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Lora over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 929 |
| 1890s | 1,567 |
| 1900s | 1,636 |
| 1910s | 3,025 |
| 1920s | 3,411 |
| 1930s | 2,900 |
| 1940s | 3,140 |
| 1950s | 6,312 |
| 1960s | 14,221 |
| 1970s | 7,781 |
| 1980s | 4,135 |
| 1990s | 1,685 |
| 2000s | 853 |
| 2010s | 566 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 323 |
What Lora means
Lora means a woman of Laurentum. The laurel sense belongs to the town's name rather than to the person, so the crown is inherited at one remove.
Where Lora comes from
Lora is a short form of Laura, from the Latin laurus, the bay tree, by way of Laurentum, a town in Latium whose name is traced to its laurels. Petrarch's Laura, addressed in more than three hundred sonnets, fixed the name across Renaissance Europe. The laurel crowned victors and poets, giving laureate, and the medieval practice of crowning graduates gives baccalaureate. Loren, elsewhere on this site, comes from the same town.
Lora in use
Lora peaked in the United States in 1963, when 1,598 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It now ranks 2927th in the United States on 58 births, 3671st in England and Wales on 7 and 7314th in France on 5, across 54,229 lifetime births in four of the seven markets we track. Our records carry it from 1880.
How popular is Lora?
In 2025, Lora was given to 58 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Lora is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Lora
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Lora also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lora over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Lora in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Lora
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lora — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Lora
What does the name Lora mean?
From Laurentum, a town named for its bay trees.
Is it Lora or Laura?
Laura is the fuller form; Lora is a short spelling with its own long history.
Who was Petrarch's Laura?
The subject of more than three hundred sonnets, which fixed the name across Renaissance Europe.
Is Loren related?
Yes — the same town, by a different route.
How popular is the name Lora?
In 2025, Lora was given to 58 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Lora a girl's or a boy's name?
Lora is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Lora?
Lora has 2 syllables.
When was Lora most popular?
Lora peaked in 1963, when 1,598 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Lora a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lora currently ranks #2,927 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.