Lorinda
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 168 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,682since 1886
Lorinda over time
Rank among girls' names. Lorinda has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 |
| 1988 | #3,393 | 28 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 |
| 1983 | #2,022 | 50 |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 |
| 1981 | #1,985 | 53 |
| 1980 | #1,624 | 71 |
| 1979 | #1,952 | 53 |
| 1978 | #1,598 | 67 |
| 1977 | #1,451 | 76 |
| 1976 | #1,355 | 79 |
| 1975 | #1,139 | 102 |
| 1974 | #1,198 | 93 |
| 1973 | #1,074 | 107 |
| 1972 | #1,111 | 100 |
| 1971 | #889 | 149 |
| 1970 | #894 | 147 |
| 1969 | #801 | 165 |
| 1968 | #875 | 138 |
| 1967 | #902 | 129 |
| 1966 | #890 | 127 |
| 1965 | #764 | 168 |
| 1964 | #861 | 146 |
| 1963 | #808 | 165 |
| 1962 | #832 | 159 |
| 1961 | #947 | 130 |
| 1960 | #999 | 116 |
| 1959 | #1,005 | 110 |
| 1958 | #868 | 138 |
| 1957 | #924 | 123 |
| 1956 | #924 | 120 |
| 1955 | #978 | 104 |
| 1954 | #1,093 | 81 |
| 1953 | #1,064 | 82 |
| 1952 | #1,147 | 68 |
| 1951 | #1,019 | 83 |
| 1950 | #1,153 | 64 |
| 1949 | #1,189 | 58 |
| 1948 | #1,116 | 64 |
| 1947 | #1,204 | 56 |
| 1946 | #1,179 | 53 |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Lorinda! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lorinda is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#466 · 1 in 4,813
- Indiana#535 · 1 in 5,291
- Ohio#810 · 1 in 10,635
- Texas#990 · 1 in 10,708
- Illinois#1,147 · 1 in 14,919
Best ever in a state: #182 in Idaho, 1963.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #466 | 5 | 1 in 4,813 |
| Indiana | #535 | 7 | 1 in 5,291 |
| Ohio | #810 | 7 | 1 in 10,635 |
| Texas | #990 | 9 | 1 in 10,708 |
| Illinois | #1,147 | 5 | 1 in 14,919 |
| New York | #1,225 | 7 | 1 in 15,834 |
| California | #1,240 | 9 | 1 in 15,231 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lorinda
- 3,211 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #13,208)
- Biggest jump: 115 spots in 1955 (#1,093 → #978)
- Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1972 (#889 → #1,111)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1965 at #764 (168 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1960–1971
- Highest: 1 in 10,224 girls born in 1969 were named Lorinda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #764 in 1965, was only 1 in 10,507 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.8% of all girls named Lorinda (1,443) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #993 (1886) | #993 |
| 1890s | 17 | #1,278 (1892) | #1,342 |
| 1900s | 46 | #1,093 (1905) | #1,713 |
| 1910s | 83 | #2,009 (1914) | #2,583 |
| 1920s | 79 | #2,263 (1920) | #3,642 |
| 1930s | 69 | #2,113 (1938) | #2,908 |
| 1940s | 378 | #1,116 (1948) | #1,466 |
| 1950s | 973 | #868 (1958) | #1,018 |
| 1960s | 1,443 | #764 (1965) | #868 |
| 1970s | 973 | #889 (1971) | #1,266 |
| 1980s | 374 | #1,624 (1980) | #2,883 |
| 1990s | 135 | #4,523 (1990) | #7,299 |
| 2000s | 58 | #7,816 (2002) | #12,003 |
| 2010s | 35 | #12,876 (2016) | #15,054 |
| 2020s | 13 | #12,197 (2023) | #12,703 |
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.
Lorinda in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 15,212 of them was named Lorinda, which outranked 88.5% 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).
- #1,105Lou101
- #1,105Machelle101
- #1,105Rosanne101
- #1,111Lorinda100
- #1,111Ali100
- #1,111Deedee100
- #1,111Shara100
- #1,116Adele99
- #1,116Adina99
- #1,116Adria99
Tied with 4 names at #1,111; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.