Lorna

#2,957 for girls in 2025, 56 births · Last seen for boys in 1966 at #3,948
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1941 · 464 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
28,535
since 1885

Lorna over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #298, 1941girls
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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#2,95756
2024#3,17650
2023#3,64042
2022#3,76540
2021#4,01436
2020#3,01553
2019#3,45145
2018#3,91837
2017#4,47731
2016#4,85028
2015#4,06936
2014#4,26934
2013#3,84939
2012#3,41947
2011#4,91528
2010#4,39733
2009#4,01338
2008#3,52946
2007#3,28951
2006#2,66967
2005#2,50369
2004#2,52666
2003#2,14481
2002#2,46764
2001#2,07580
2000#2,25869
1999#1,99978
1998#2,27962
1997#2,20062
1996#1,72287
1995#1,95570
1994#1,81079
1993#1,64092
1992#1,84477
1991#1,93372
1990#1,98968
1989#1,66782
1988#1,67177
1987#1,57080
1986#1,203116
1985#1,226112
1984#1,205108
1983#1,31991
1982#1,55176
1981#1,34093
1980#1,44884
1979#1,48280
1978#1,26597
1977#1,22599
1976#1,134104
1975#947133
1974#889144
1973#958125
1972#792173
1971#729207
1970#678234
1969#574295
1968#572280
1967#498368
1966#493360#3,9485
1965#412510
1964#429524#4,0395
1963#440484
1962#412561#4,0335
1961#398592
1960#369678
1959#361691
1958#349688
1957#332758
1956#328705
1955#316740
1954#317707
1953#307721
1952#314662
1951#352514
1950#373463
1949#375440
1948#381432
1947#368475
1946#366426
1945#332428
1944#350388
1943#337441
1942#302518#2,9407
1941#298464
1940#312416
1939#325368
1938#357330
1937#366313
1936#372290
1935#353329
1934#359309
1933#348324
1932#323386
1931#322390
1930#374328
1929#391296
1928#368348
1927#383320
1926#399295
1925#376334
1924#392304
1923#345364
1922#419249
1921#407277
1920#437234
1919#442222
1918#452218
1917#441211
1916#426218
1915#425204
1914#470135
1913#488109
1912#466104
1911#43985
1910#57651
1909#53151
1908#58341
1907#57241
1906#57038
1905#63231
1904#53738
1903#58931
1902#64826
1901#61526
1900#63930
1899#68021
1898#61028
1897#62724
1896#70720
1895#72519
1894#81214
1893#71317
1892#86112
1891#1,0068
1890
1889#1,2795
1888#1,1366
1887
1886
1885#9216
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Lorna! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lorna
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 219 spots since 2024 (#3,176#2,957)
  • 58 spots since 2020 (#3,015#2,957)
  • 1,112 spots since 2015 (#4,069#2,957)
  • Biggest jump: 148 spots in 1893 (#861#713)
  • Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1976 (#947#1,134)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1941 at #298 (464 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 30 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 85 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1892–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,604
  • Highest: 1 in 2,604 girls born in 1941 were named Lorna (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,701 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 23.3% of all girls named Lorna (6,649) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17#921 (1885)#1,112
1890s163#610 (1898)#749
1900s353#531 (1909)#592
1910s1,557#425 (1915)#463
1920s3,021#345 (1923)#392
1930s3,367#322 (1931)#350
1940s4,428#298 (1941)#342
1950s6,649#307 (1953)#335
1960s4,652#369 (1960)#460
1970s1,396#678 (1970)#1,010
1980s919#1,203 (1986)#1,420
1990s747#1,640 (1993)#1,937
2000s631#2,075 (2001)#2,747
2010s358#3,419 (2012)#4,161
2020s277#2,957 (2025)#3,428

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.

Lorna in 1955

girls
#316
740 births · 1 in 2,642 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #316Lorna740
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 2,642 of them was named Lorna, which outranked 95.3% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lorna
  1. #313Jessie747
  2. #314Janine745
  3. #315Caroline742
  4. #316Lorna740
  5. #316Gwen740
  6. #318Rochelle728
  7. #319Marguerite721
  8. #320Cassandra717

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

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 793Athena#1,505#712
  2. 675Desiree#984#309
  3. 661Roni#1,197#536
  4. 630Gisele#1,444#814
  5. 593Carmel#1,422#829
Fallers
  1. 514Valinda#806#1,320
  2. 378Elouise#969#1,347
  3. 287Veda#831#1,118
  4. 275Drema#978#1,253
  5. 264Brooke#965#1,229

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

See the top 100 for 1955