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 | — | — | ||
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| 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 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 16,019 of them was named Lorne, which outranked 85.9% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).