Loren

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A few things about Loren you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Loren

Loren Acton

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Choose Loren and your child shares a first name with Loren Acton, an astronaut. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Loren, like who?” Loren Acton's Wikipedia article is available in 25 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 29,240 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Loren, 55 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Loren would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryLoren has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Lorens, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1990, when it ranked #517. Today it's #2,998, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowLoren was 5.4× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 5,438 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 29,240.
• 🍂TrendLoren has slipped 933 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,998. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• ⚖️Boy or girlLoren is given to both boys and girls: 58% of the 95 babies named Loren in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningLoren is an English form of Lawrence, which means “from Laurentum”. Our records link it to American and English roots.

About the name Loren

Loren is a gender-neutral name of American and English origin meaning “from Laurentum”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with L and ending in “-ren”. US birth records list Loren for girls from 1909 to 2025, in 106 of those 117 years. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked #517 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #2,998, with 55 babies. Of the 95 US babies named Loren in 2025, 58% were girls and 42% were boys.

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