Lori

#1,721 for girls in 2025, 118 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #5,751
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1963 · 23,899 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
28 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
341,911
since 1924

Lori over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #8, 1963girls
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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#1,721118
2024#1,524141
2023#1,421157
2022#1,387165
2021#1,630128
2020#1,668123
2019#1,668126
2018#1,548140
2017#1,665129
2016#1,550144
2015#1,593135
2014#1,652129
2013#1,775115
2012#1,940101
2011#1,748117
2010#1,830111
2009#1,650135
2008#1,597142
2007#1,354179
2006#1,590135
2005#1,054226
2004#1,186189
2003#1,071207
2002#1,135183
2001#949233
2000#863255
1999#775284
1998#717308
1997#705304
1996#648345
1995#584394
1994#475524
1993#451556
1992#400642
1991#351736
1990#323852
1989#274986
1988#2411,090#5,7517
1987#2291,171#4,5739
1986#1821,466#6,7215
1985#1581,791#6,5235
1984#1432,079#4,5528
1983#1132,520#3,23013
1982#982,978#4,2349
1981#913,479#3,60111
1980#764,085#2,96515
1979#694,432#3,01814
1978#604,631#2,13422
1977#575,072#3,38611
1976#475,849#1,99924
1975#396,650#2,13421
1974#307,960#1,61830
1973#288,472#1,61229
1972#289,434#1,64828
1971#2511,829#1,28942
1970#2313,448#1,31440
1969#2014,020#1,26539
1968#2213,126#1,65023
1967#2413,564#1,31233
1966#2114,671#1,11644
1965#1915,695#1,14443
1964#1518,624#1,26338
1963#823,899#1,10048
1962#1122,395#1,09149
1961#1421,876#1,13648
1960#2018,690#1,13947
1959#2715,032#1,46729
1958#3013,032#1,55725
1957#458,964#1,79120
1956#667,145#2,16814
1955#894,976#3,8865
1954#1213,440#3,8275
1953#1731,792
1952#252972
1951#347531
1950#616186
1949#619178
1948#725136
1947#854105
1946#88588
1945#1,08053
1944#1,05355
1943#1,12451
1942#1,07653
1941#1,18440
1940#1,24235
1939#1,40128
1938#1,75220
1937#1,91417
1936#2,15314
1935#2,9269
1934#3,8026
1933#3,1098
1932#4,4115
1931#3,8486
1930#2,42513
1929#3,6827
1928
1927#3,5618
1926#4,8515
1925#4,9735
1924#4,4346
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First appearance
1924

The first year at least five girls were named Lori! It came in at #4,434, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1928, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lori
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 197 spots since 2024 (#1,524#1,721)
  • 53 spots since 2020 (#1,668#1,721)
  • 128 spots since 2015 (#1,593#1,721)
  • Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1951 (#616#347)
  • Biggest drop: 186 spots in 2002 (#949#1,135)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1924
  • Peaked 1963 at #8 (23,899 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: 1 yr · 1963
  • Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1955–1982
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1946–2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 81
  • Highest: 1 in 81 girls born in 1963 were named Lori (1.2%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,621 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 51.6% of all girls named Lori (176,560) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s31#3,561 (1927)#4,300
1930s126#1,401 (1939)#2,774
1940s794#619 (1949)#984
1950s56,070#27 (1959)#177
1960s176,560#8 (1963)#17
1970s77,777#23 (1970)#41
1980s21,645#76 (1980)#161
1990s4,945#323 (1990)#543
2000s1,884#863 (2000)#1,245
2010s1,247#1,548 (2018)#1,697
2020s832#1,387 (2022)#1,559

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.

Lori in 1975

girls
#39
6,650 births · 1 in 219 girls
boys
#2,134
21 births · 1 in 74,350 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #39Lori6,650

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #2,134Lori21
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 219 of them was named Lori, which outranked 99.6% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lori
  1. #36Patricia7,053
  2. #37Tiffany6,919
  3. #38Erin6,894
  4. #39Lori6,650
  5. #40Cynthia6,539
  6. #41Tara6,455
  7. #42Danielle6,412
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 1,732Pepper#2,683#951
  2. 1,666Mandie#2,396#730
  3. 1,140Tiana#1,772#632
  4. 779Lacy#1,486#707
  5. 719Lacey#1,284#565
Fallers
  1. 447Nia#672#1,119
  2. 429Alethea#716#1,145
  3. 404Cicely#608#1,012
  4. 307Elaina#994#1,301
  5. 303Cristin#938#1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 74,350 of them was named Lori, which outranked 66.3% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lori
  1. #2,065Winford22
  2. #2,065Yitzchok22
  3. #2,065Yuri22
  4. #2,134Lori21
  5. #2,134Adriel21
  6. #2,134Akbar21
  7. #2,134Alma21
  8. #2,205Aidan20
  9. #2,205Allison20
  10. #2,205Allyn20

Tied with 70 names at #2,134; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975