Is Loris a boy or girl name?

Loris is a unisex name. Of the 2,280 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 74.6% were girls and 25.4% were boys.

Loris

Recorded 1903–2024 · United States

Loris was most popular in 1935, when 78 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,397 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,280 people named Loris.

Loris over time

Births per year. The dot marks Loris’s peak in 1935. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Loris a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Loris is a unisex name — 74.6% of the 2,280 Americans given it were girls and 25.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 29% girls and 71% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org