Lorena

#1,291 for girls in 2025, 173 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #6,496
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1899 · 140 births
Debut · girls
29 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
44,960
since 1880

Lorena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lorena has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #233, 1899girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,291173
2024#1,275182
2023#1,277179
2022#1,274188
2021#1,370161
2020#1,276175
2019#1,283180
2018#1,181203
2017#1,364169
2016#1,232198
2015#1,266192
2014#1,215201
2013#1,210198
2012#1,273188
2011#1,105223
2010#969263
2009#938285
2008#728409
2007#759385
2006#700405
2005#583488
2004#597468
2003#570490
2002#509538
2001#566459
2000#517510
1999#475554
1998#445581
1997#391667
1996#347801#6,4968
1995#399658#7,7926
1994#349756#5,8689
1993#381668#6,8167
1992#359715#4,32713
1991#346746#5,9428
1990#382690#6,4157
1989#420591#6,9416
1988#437520#3,35015
1987#390588#4,5739
1986#360662#3,44013
1985#322740#3,80511
1984#357647#3,92510
1983#369611#4,9077
1982#358653#4,5938
1981#325726#3,60111
1980#302820#2,96515
1979#355647#4,8427
1978#369577#5,0596
1977#371577#4,1648
1976#353607
1975#348622#3,24611
1974#341640#4,6346
1973#353598#4,5056
1972#394520
1971#393555
1970#426517#3,8367
1969#454453#4,4045
1968#463429
1967#468409
1966#499353
1965#514344
1964#537337
1963#535326
1962#560306
1961#581299
1960#595278
1959#677218
1958#712192
1957#715194
1956#742171
1955#729169
1954#709169
1953#806130
1952#741143
1951#765133
1950#738136
1949#698147
1948#700142
1947#638168
1946#678139
1945#589153
1944#605147
1943#601157
1942#574165
1941#537171
1940#536163
1939#522163
1938#495181
1937#468196
1936#516161
1935#472182
1934#465193
1933#481175
1932#462199
1931#484177
1930#459214
1929#423249
1928#422259
1927#430258
1926#418266
1925#381318
1924#367349
1923#356343
1922#338367
1921#319423
1920#311440
1919#315402
1918#320397
1917#296436
1916#303391
1915#290395
1914#290328
1913#294259
1912#295238
1911#288184
1910#264212
1909#276169
1908#286152
1907#258178
1906#279141
1905#274145
1904#265140
1903#258143
1902#258146
1901#254130
1900#238178
1899#233140
1898#267129
1897#263117
1896#264118
1895#265111
1894#267106
1893#27396
1892#27295
1891#28776
1890#27682
1889#27376
1888#26775
1887#25468
1886#25367
1885#28349
1884#30241
1883#27442
1882#30034
1881#30127
1880#28829
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lorena was already there! It came in at #288, and was given to 29 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 35 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lorena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#1,275#1,291)
  • 15 spots since 2020 (#1,276#1,291)
  • 25 spots since 2015 (#1,266#1,291)
  • Biggest jump: 97 spots in 1954 (#806#709)
  • Biggest drop: 210 spots in 2009 (#728#938)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1899 at #233 (140 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 131 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 131 yrs · run 1880–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,664
  • Highest: 1 in 1,664 girls born in 1899 were named Lorena (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,291 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 15.2% of all girls named Lorena (6,836) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s508#253 (1886)#280
1890s1,070#233 (1899)#267
1900s1,522#238 (1900)#265
1910s3,242#264 (1910)#296
1920s3,272#311 (1920)#377
1930s1,841#459 (1930)#482
1940s1,552#536 (1940)#616
1950s1,655#677 (1959)#733
1960s3,534#454 (1969)#521
1970s5,860#341 (1974)#370
1980s6,558#302 (1980)#364
1990s6,836#346 (1991)#387
2000s4,437#509 (2002)#647
2010s2,015#969 (2010)#1,210
2020s1,058#1,274 (2022)#1,294

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lorena in 1988

girls
#437
520 births · 1 in 3,425 girls
boys
#3,350
15 births · 1 in 127,619 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #437Lorena520

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #3,350Lorena15
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 3,425 of them was named Lorena, which outranked 96.9% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lorena
  1. #434Carolina524
  2. #435Kathy522
  3. #436Leanne521
  4. #437Lorena520
  5. #437Jalisa520
  6. #439Judith518
  7. #440Eileen515
  8. #440Lucy515

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 2,890Jalissa#3,857#967
  2. 2,381Taja#3,101#720
  3. 1,710Whitley#2,156#446
  4. 1,225Jalisa#1,662#437
  5. 883Jaleesa#1,227#344
Fallers
  1. 620Channing#590#1,210
  2. 346Denisse#954#1,300
  3. 319Jeana#966#1,285
  4. 314Eliana#826#1,140
  5. 311Nakia#893#1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 127,619 of them was named Lorena, which outranked 60.6% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lorena
  1. #3,203Yang16
  2. #3,203Yonathan16
  3. #3,203Zacary16
  4. #3,350Lorena15
  5. #3,350Aden15
  6. #3,350Adrienne15
  7. #3,350Albino15
  8. #3,523Abdiel14
  9. #3,523Abimael14
  10. #3,523Adeel14

Tied with 172 names at #3,350; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 3,252Nico#4,239#987
  2. 1,245Ridge#2,215#970
  3. 668Colten#1,484#816
  4. 600Brantley#1,587#987
  5. 518Long#1,337#819
Fallers
  1. 362Cordaro#908#1,270
  2. 246Ramsey#884#1,130
  3. 241Yaakov#974#1,215
  4. 233Adrain#990#1,223
  5. 230Kiel#846#1,076

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988