Loren
About Loren
A variant form of Laurence or Lawrence which ranked in the #200s in the US from the 1900s through to the 1960s. It didn't fall off the boys' Top 1000 until the late 1990s, following the huge popularity of Lauren for girls.
Now, though, with gender-neutral names on the ascendant, Loren is used fairly evenly for both genders. Last year in the US, 75 baby girls were named Loren and 60 baby boys, making Loren an excellent nonbinary choice.
Pronounced LOR-un.
As of October 2026, Loren ranked #3062 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #200 in 1939, Nameberry popularity #641.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,897 | 77 | 40.1 |
| 2015 | #2,009 | 72 | 37.6 |
| 2016 | #1,950 | 75 | 39.5 |
| 2017 | #2,473 | 52 | 28.1 |
| 2018 | #2,009 | 73 | 40.2 |
| 2019 | #2,407 | 56 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | #2,358 | 57 | 33 |
| 2021 | #2,363 | 58 | 33.2 |
| 2022 | #2,367 | 60 | 34.4 |
| 2023 | #2,404 | 57 | 33.3 |
| 2024 | #2,645 | 50 | 29 |
| 2025 | #3,062 | 40 | 23.4 |
World rankings
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Loren on lists
Famous Lorens
- Loren Corey Eiseley
American anthropologist and science writer
- Loren Fishman
M.D.
- Loren Bouchard
animator, voice actor, and creator of the TV series "Bob's Burgers"
Loren in pop culture
- Loren Pierce
Character in The Damnation of Theron Ware (1896)
- Loren Blake
Vampyre Poet Laureate in the "House of Night" series (PC Cast)
- Loren "Lo" Hale
character from Krista and Becca Ritchie's "Addicted" series