Lora

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lora: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lora: Recorded since 1982, with a gap of 13 years, its highest recorded position is #467, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#467highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lora's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1543
1998	#3142
1999	#1557
2000	#2167
2002	#4137
2003	#2191
2004	#2530
2005	#3382
2006	#2781
2007	#5201
2008	#2487
2009	#3936
2010	#2843
2011	#1903
2012	#4171
2013	#2460
2014	#1966
2015	#2945
2016	#2757
2017	#2090
2018	#2674
2019	#2170
2020	#2300
2021	#1692
2022	#2673
2023	#1705
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2 of the 35 years from 1982 to 2016.

In 2016: #868 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2757 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1982–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1982
First recorded at #467 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1982–2016
Highest recorded position: #467 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1982 (recorded 1982–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lora appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 28 ranked years and 253 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1982.

Lora across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lora's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#467 (1982)	#467 (1982)	#868 (2016)	2 of 35	7 (1982–2016)	4 (1982)
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#1543 (1997)	#3015 (2024)	28 of 29	253 (1996–2024)	17 (2021)

Lora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lora in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	35	4 of 10	9
2000s	54	9 of 10	6
2010s	102	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	62	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lora appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #467 in Republic of Ireland in 1982.

Lora's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1982 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #467, first reached in 1982.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Lorcan · #31, 62y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eugenie · #467, 29y
Gwyneth · #466, 32y
Noemi · #468, 27y
Veer · #466, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Chrystal · #476, 21y
Cloe · #457, 30y
Genna · #456, 14y
Julieann · #456, 11y

Lora was ranked #467 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1982. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lora and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lora without appearing here.

Lora moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4171 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #5691.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #5591.
Dianne Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5201 and #4294 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2487 and #5545.
Lene Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5201 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2487 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Lora

Beau Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2167 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #809.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2167 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #938.
Audrey Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1543 and #1666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #1319.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1966 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2945 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Lora

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lora went from #1755 to #3015 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lora went from #1755 to #3015 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lora went from #1755 to #3015 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lora went from #1755 to #3015 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Lora

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lora went from #1755 to #3015 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lora went from #1755 to #3015 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lora went from #1755 to #3015 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lora went from #1755 to #3015 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #467 in Republic of Ireland in 1982. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lora

Lora at a glance

What stands out in Lora's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lora across 2 official records

Lora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lora appears in

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Lora at a glance

What stands out in Lora's record

Lora across 2 official records

Lora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lora appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Lora

Lora and the names beside it

Lora moved ahead of

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