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
- Peak · girls
- 1941 · 464 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 28,535since 1885
Lorna over time
Rank among girls' names. Lorna has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,957 | 56 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,176 | 50 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,640 | 42 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,014 | 36 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,015 | 53 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,451 | 45 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,069 | 36 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,269 | 34 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,849 | 39 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,419 | 47 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,529 | 46 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,289 | 51 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,669 | 67 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,503 | 69 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,526 | 66 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,144 | 81 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,467 | 64 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,075 | 80 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,258 | 69 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,999 | 78 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,279 | 62 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,200 | 62 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,722 | 87 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,955 | 70 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,810 | 79 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,640 | 92 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,844 | 77 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,933 | 72 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,989 | 68 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,667 | 82 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,671 | 77 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,570 | 80 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,203 | 116 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,226 | 112 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,205 | 108 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,319 | 91 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,551 | 76 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,340 | 93 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,448 | 84 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,482 | 80 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,265 | 97 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,225 | 99 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,134 | 104 | — | |
| 1975 | #947 | 133 | — | |
| 1974 | #889 | 144 | — | |
| 1973 | #958 | 125 | — | |
| 1972 | #792 | 173 | — | |
| 1971 | #729 | 207 | — | |
| 1970 | #678 | 234 | — | |
| 1969 | #574 | 295 | — | |
| 1968 | #572 | 280 | — | |
| 1967 | #498 | 368 | — | |
| 1966 | #493 | 360 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #412 | 510 | — | |
| 1964 | #429 | 524 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #440 | 484 | — | |
| 1962 | #412 | 561 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #398 | 592 | — | |
| 1960 | #369 | 678 | — | |
| 1959 | #361 | 691 | — | |
| 1958 | #349 | 688 | — | |
| 1957 | #332 | 758 | — | |
| 1956 | #328 | 705 | — | |
| 1955 | #316 | 740 | — | |
| 1954 | #317 | 707 | — | |
| 1953 | #307 | 721 | — | |
| 1952 | #314 | 662 | — | |
| 1951 | #352 | 514 | — | |
| 1950 | #373 | 463 | — | |
| 1949 | #375 | 440 | — | |
| 1948 | #381 | 432 | — | |
| 1947 | #368 | 475 | — | |
| 1946 | #366 | 426 | — | |
| 1945 | #332 | 428 | — | |
| 1944 | #350 | 388 | — | |
| 1943 | #337 | 441 | — | |
| 1942 | #302 | 518 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #298 | 464 | — | |
| 1940 | #312 | 416 | — | |
| 1939 | #325 | 368 | — | |
| 1938 | #357 | 330 | — | |
| 1937 | #366 | 313 | — | |
| 1936 | #372 | 290 | — | |
| 1935 | #353 | 329 | — | |
| 1934 | #359 | 309 | — | |
| 1933 | #348 | 324 | — | |
| 1932 | #323 | 386 | — | |
| 1931 | #322 | 390 | — | |
| 1930 | #374 | 328 | — | |
| 1929 | #391 | 296 | — | |
| 1928 | #368 | 348 | — | |
| 1927 | #383 | 320 | — | |
| 1926 | #399 | 295 | — | |
| 1925 | #376 | 334 | — | |
| 1924 | #392 | 304 | — | |
| 1923 | #345 | 364 | — | |
| 1922 | #419 | 249 | — | |
| 1921 | #407 | 277 | — | |
| 1920 | #437 | 234 | — | |
| 1919 | #442 | 222 | — | |
| 1918 | #452 | 218 | — | |
| 1917 | #441 | 211 | — | |
| 1916 | #426 | 218 | — | |
| 1915 | #425 | 204 | — | |
| 1914 | #470 | 135 | — | |
| 1913 | #488 | 109 | — | |
| 1912 | #466 | 104 | — | |
| 1911 | #439 | 85 | — | |
| 1910 | #576 | 51 | — | |
| 1909 | #531 | 51 | — | |
| 1908 | #583 | 41 | — | |
| 1907 | #572 | 41 | — | |
| 1906 | #570 | 38 | — | |
| 1905 | #632 | 31 | — | |
| 1904 | #537 | 38 | — | |
| 1903 | #589 | 31 | — | |
| 1902 | #648 | 26 | — | |
| 1901 | #615 | 26 | — | |
| 1900 | #639 | 30 | — | |
| 1899 | #680 | 21 | — | |
| 1898 | #610 | 28 | — | |
| 1897 | #627 | 24 | — | |
| 1896 | #707 | 20 | — | |
| 1895 | #725 | 19 | — | |
| 1894 | #812 | 14 | — | |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1941 at #298 (464 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 30 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1892–1975
- 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%)
- 23.3% of all girls named Lorna (6,649) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #921 (1885) | #1,112 |
| 1890s | 163 | #610 (1898) | #749 |
| 1900s | 353 | #531 (1909) | #592 |
| 1910s | 1,557 | #425 (1915) | #463 |
| 1920s | 3,021 | #345 (1923) | #392 |
| 1930s | 3,367 | #322 (1931) | #350 |
| 1940s | 4,428 | #298 (1941) | #342 |
| 1950s | 6,649 | #307 (1953) | #335 |
| 1960s | 4,652 | #369 (1960) | #460 |
| 1970s | 1,396 | #678 (1970) | #1,010 |
| 1980s | 919 | #1,203 (1986) | #1,420 |
| 1990s | 747 | #1,640 (1993) | #1,937 |
| 2000s | 631 | #2,075 (2001) | #2,747 |
| 2010s | 358 | #3,419 (2012) | #4,161 |
| 2020s | 277 | #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 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 3,616 of them was named Lorna, which outranked 94.5% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 398,540 of them was named Lorna, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 555 names at #4,039; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.