Lorne
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1966 · 186 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,302since 1903
Lorne over time
Rank among boys' names. Lorne has never cracked the top 500 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 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,289 | 17 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,072 | 17 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,520 | 11 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,322 | 18 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,842 | 21 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,066 | 19 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,341 | 16 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,486 | 21 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,549 | 19 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,693 | 17 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,123 | 38 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,786 | 25 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,174 | 35 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,143 | 34 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,840 | 42 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,154 | 32 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,849 | 36 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,506 | 47 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,565 | 42 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,321 | 53 |
| 1984 | — | #1,365 | 48 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,153 | 61 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,464 | 43 |
| 1981 | — | #1,236 | 55 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,227 | 56 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,319 | 49 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,371 | 45 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,743 | 30 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,179 | 53 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,208 | 49 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,007 | 66 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,003 | 65 | |
| 1972 | — | #822 | 95 | |
| 1971 | — | #848 | 92 | |
| 1970 | — | #767 | 116 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #689 | 131 |
| 1968 | — | #622 | 147 | |
| 1967 | — | #623 | 145 | |
| 1966 | — | #559 | 186 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #566 | 182 |
| 1964 | — | #590 | 179 | |
| 1963 | — | #616 | 159 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #593 | 171 |
| 1961 | — | #793 | 92 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,115 | 49 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,620 | 24 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #1,534 | 26 |
| 1957 | — | #1,583 | 25 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,396 | 30 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,435 | 28 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,186 | 13 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,430 | 27 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,615 | 21 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1948 | — | #1,346 | 29 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,425 | 27 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,601 | 20 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,438 | 22 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,258 | 30 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,496 | 22 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,532 | 20 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,334 | 25 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,238 | 28 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,288 | 27 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,354 | 25 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,293 | 27 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,286 | 28 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,283 | 31 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1927 | — | #1,227 | 35 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,161 | 38 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,246 | 33 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,458 | 27 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,502 | 25 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,178 | 37 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,531 | 23 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,313 | 29 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,479 | 23 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,505 | 22 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,300 | 21 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Lorne! It came in at #1,130, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lorne
- 1,070 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #12,008)
- 1,403 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #12,008)
- 6,719 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 322 spots in 1961 (#1,115 → #793)
- Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1973 (#822 → #1,003)
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 1966 at #559 (186 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1961–1972
- Highest: 1 in 9,589 boys born in 1966 were named Lorne (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 33.5% of all boys named Lorne (1,441) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 20 | #999 (1907) | #1,081 |
| 1910s | 168 | #1,300 (1914) | #1,545 |
| 1920s | 289 | #1,161 (1926) | #1,401 |
| 1930s | 249 | #1,238 (1939) | #1,384 |
| 1940s | 235 | #1,258 (1943) | #1,491 |
| 1950s | 243 | #1,396 (1955) | #1,593 |
| 1960s | 1,441 | #559 (1966) | #677 |
| 1970s | 660 | #767 (1970) | #1,127 |
| 1980s | 473 | #1,153 (1983) | #1,484 |
| 1990s | 258 | #1,840 (1990) | #3,142 |
| 2000s | 134 | #3,842 (2001) | #6,337 |
| 2010s | 94 | #5,289 (2015) | #8,294 |
| 2020s | 38 | #8,825 (2021) | #10,500 |
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.
Lorne in 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 337,403 of them was named Lorne, which outranked 14.2% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,237 names at #7,471; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 13,650 of them was named Lorne, which outranked 86.3% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #685Levi133
- #687Desmond132
- #687Douglass132
- #689Lorne131
- #689Bobbie131
- #689Edwardo131
- #689Emmanuel131
- #694Chance130
- #694Collin130
- #696Barrett129
Tied with 4 names at #689; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.