Lorin

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to boys 63.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1913 · 44 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,729
since 1880

Lorin over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #1,397, 1989peak #681, 1913girlsboys
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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#9,45710
2024#8,94611#10,9386
2023#13,4626#10,8216
2022#9,05611
2021#13,4646#9,7147
2020#11,0908
2019#10,4739#12,1455
2018#7,40915#8,1549
2017#8,77612#10,7756
2016#7,23016#6,34913
2015#6,97717#10,6446
2014#6,20720
2013#9,61211#8,7898
2012#6,57619#8,8648
2011#6,33520
2010#7,88015#8,8038
2009#5,09728#10,9946
2008#6,13022#12,5535
2007#3,78642#10,9216
2006#4,35833
2005#4,19533#7,6409
2004#3,81937#8,9277
2003#2,88553#5,87712
2002#2,81953#7,0559
2001#2,57159#8,3397
2000#2,77752#4,78515
1999#2,15370#4,16217
1998#2,57053#4,19716
1997#2,17463#4,45114
1996#2,05867#3,54919
1995#1,93971#3,02023
1994#1,70787#3,32620
1993#1,77682#3,04222
1992#1,66191#2,83424
1991#1,97970#2,91522
1990#1,55798#3,30918
1989#1,397107#2,15432
1988#1,73873#2,43724
1987#1,59178#1,82935
1986#1,52680#1,66238
1985#2,04852#1,86631
1984#1,70364#1,65635
1983#1,92753#1,42944
1982#3,09328#1,65436
1981#2,11948#1,47942
1980#1,98153#1,41045
1979#3,14726#1,53238
1978#2,57233#1,53737
1977#2,55733#1,47639
1976#2,54631#1,45338
1975#3,15522#1,45537
1974#3,11022#1,13552
1973#2,62927#1,29441
1972#2,74725#1,03261
1971#2,73626#1,25444
1970#2,35432#1,07058
1969#2,45428#96563
1968#2,87420#1,04750
1967#2,63222#94359
1966#2,14730#76292
1965#2,41125#705111
1964#2,47525#77495
1963#2,61922#92965
1962#3,03317#91768
1961#2,47424#1,07852
1960#2,01332#1,01757
1959#2,28925#1,01957
1958#2,97216#97860
1957#2,92616#92866
1956#3,32113#88072
1955#4,0699#91566
1954#3,15713#99656
1953#2,92114#77983
1952#4,9086#85067
1951#3,48210#88163
1950#2,78114#78875
1949#73488
1948#3,8838#83267
1947#5,2955#77179
1946#76775
1945#86452
1944#90649
1943#85660
1942#88855
1941#77864
1940#93946
1939#95443
1938#96343
1937#1,07436
1936#1,06836
1935#90349
1934#98242
1933#98042
1932#95247
1931#92249
1930#88556
1929#85959
1928#92753
1927#89857
1926#82165
1925#85860
1924#91658
1923#82167
1922#92856
1921#86864
1920#88760
1919#97348
1918#86958
1917#1,00342
1916#73468
1915#75962
1914#75149
1913#68144
1912#87626
1911#1,2908
1910
1909#1,0838
1908#9469
1907#9998
1906#1,1116
1905#8369
1904#1,2055
1903#1,1305
1902#1,0136
1901
1900#1,0507
1899
1898#1,0026
1897#7878
1896#1,1015
1895
1894#1,0745
1893
1892#1,0665
1891#7008
1890
1889#9745
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lorin was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lorin
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 414 spots in 1912 (#1,290#876)
  • Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1892 (#700#1,066)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1913 at #681 (44 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 77 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1938–1958
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,649
  • Highest: 1 in 11,649 boys born in 1913 were named Lorin (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 15.1% of all boys named Lorin (712) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2022
  • Mostly boys until 2021, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#909 (1880)#942
1890s37#700 (1891)#955
1900s63#836 (1905)#1,041
1910s405#681 (1913)#882
1920s599#821 (1923)#878
1930s443#885 (1930)#968
1940s635#734 (1949)#834
1950s665#779 (1953)#901
1960s712#705 (1965)#914
1970s445#1,032 (1972)#1,324
1980s362#1,410 (1980)#1,758
1990s195#2,834 (1992)#3,481
2000s76#4,785 (2000)#8,566
2010s63#6,349 (2016)#9,315
2020s19#9,714 (2021)#10,491

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

Lorin in 1972

girls
#2,747
25 births · 1 in 60,850 girls
boys
#1,032
61 births · 1 in 26,584 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #2,747Lorin25

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #1,032Lorin61
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 60,850 of them was named Lorin, which outranked 71.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lorin
  1. #2,680Vania26
  2. #2,680Wynette26
  3. #2,680Zoila26
  4. #2,747Lorin25
  5. #2,747Adam25
  6. #2,747Amira25
  7. #2,747Arlette25
  8. #2,820Adriene24
  9. #2,820Aleisha24
  10. #2,820Alejandrina24

Tied with 72 names at #2,747; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 26,584 of them was named Lorin, which outranked 82.1% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lorin
  1. #1,024Mervin62
  2. #1,024Whitney62
  3. #1,024Yancy62
  4. #1,032Lorin61
  5. #1,032Armand61
  6. #1,032Audie61
  7. #1,032Barron61
  8. #1,040Carnell60
  9. #1,040Jereme60
  10. #1,040Leigh60

Tied with 7 names at #1,032; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972