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How popular is “Loran” in the USA?

Number of people named “Loran” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Loran” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Loran” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Loran” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Loran” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Loran” by birth year

This chart shows how “Loran” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1884 8 0.000032859 8 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1900 10 0.000022209 10 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1907 13 0.000027934 13 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 -100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 12 0.000018626 12 -100%
1912 29 0.00002935 29 -100%
1913 25 0.000021986 25 -100%
1914 39 0.000027536 39 -100%
1915 67 0.000036564 67 -100%
1916 46 0.00002378 46 -100%
1917 64 0.000031892 64 -100%
1918 61 0.000028096 61 -100%
1919 62 0.00002938 62 -100%
1920 62 0.000027402 62 -100%
1921 62 0.000026558 62 -100%
1922 67 0.000029268 67 -100%
1923 64 0.000027796 64 -100%
1924 53 0.000022254 53 -100%
1925 63 0.000027 63 -100%
1926 61 0.000026569 61 -100%
1927 54 0.000023282 54 -100%
1928 52 0.000022999 52 -100%
1929 71 0.000032388 71 -100%
1930 66 0.000029686 66 -100%
1931 47 0.000022334 47 -100%
1932 64 0.000030313 64 -100%
1933 53 0.000026507 53 -100%
1934 59 0.000028409 59 -100%
1935 40 0.00001914 40 -100%
1936 65 0.000031286 65 -100%
1937 62 0.000029099 62 -100%
1938 36 0.000016271 36 -100%
1939 47 0.00002133 47 -100%
1940 44 0.000019108 44 -100%
1941 52 0.000021343 52 -100%
1942 63 0.000023062 63 -100%
1943 79 0.000027989 79 -100%
1944 53 0.000019702 53 -100%
1945 46 0.000017339 46 -100%
1946 48 0.000015022 48 -100%
1947 63 0.000017489 63 -100%
1948 55 0.00001593 55 -100%
1949 50 0.000014348 50 -100%
1950 51 0.000014557 5 46 -80%
1951 55 0.00001493 5 50 -82%
1952 51 0.000013428 6 45 -76%
1953 41 0.000010639 41 -100%
1954 49 0.000012309 6 43 -76%
1955 52 0.000012951 7 45 -73%
1956 49 0.000011884 5 44 -80%
1957 50 0.000011899 50 -100%
1958 51 0.000012337 9 42 -65%
1959 54 0.000012987 7 47 -74%
1960 57 0.000013722 14 43 -51%
1961 78 0.00001883 14 64 -64%
1962 50 0.00001239 14 36 -44%
1963 47 0.000011874 10 37 -57%
1964 46 0.000011832 8 38 -65%
1965 58 0.000015998 7 51 -76%
1966 38 0.000010933 6 32 -68%
1967 45 0.000013255 8 37 -64%
1968 36 0.000010656 5 31 -72%
1969 40 0.00001151 6 34 -70%
1970 38 0.000010536 12 26 -37%
1971 28 0.000008158 28 -100%
1972 31 0.000009863 8 23 -48%
1973 30 0.000009944 6 24 -60%
1974 29 0.000009539 7 22 -52%
1975 22 0.000007286 10 12 -9%
1976 25 0.000008239 5 20 -60%
1977 24 0.000007555 5 19 -58%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 26 0.000007815 5 21 -62%
1980 40 0.000011613 11 29 -45%
1981 21 0.00000607 11 10 5%
1982 21 0.000005986 5 16 -52%
1983 30 0.000008662 14 16 -7%
1984 35 0.000010032 16 19 -9%
1985 36 0.000010087 17 19 -6%
1986 41 0.000011526 21 20 2%
1987 38 0.000010539 22 16 16%
1988 41 0.000011096 24 17 17%
1989 51 0.000013266 42 9 65%
1990 43 0.000010879 29 14 35%
1991 43 0.000011039 33 10 53%
1992 47 0.000012236 29 18 23%
1993 41 0.000010875 31 10 51%
1994 33 0.000008877 25 8 52%
1995 30 0.000008192 19 11 27%
1996 22 0.000006032 11 11 0%
1997 28 0.000007723 21 7 50%
1998 36 0.000009787 29 7 61%
1999 23 0.000006227 16 7 39%
2000 34 0.000008995 25 9 47%
2001 32 0.000008548 27 5 69%
2002 25 0.000006688 20 5 60%
2003 22 0.000005786 16 6 45%
2004 24 0.000006281 15 9 25%
2005 20 0.000005202 13 7 30%
2006 26 0.000006572 16 10 23%
2007 15 0.000003752 10 5 33%
2008 16 0.000004071 9 7 13%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 100%
2010 13 0.000003518 7 6 8%
2011 13 0.000003554 5 8 -23%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2015 12 0.000003242 7 5 17%
2017 10 0.000002796 10 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 6 5 9%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%

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