Lorena

#1,291 for girls in 2025, 173 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #6,496
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1899 · 140 births
Debut · girls
29 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
44,960
since 1880

Lorena over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #233, 1899girls
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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#1,291173—
2024#1,275182—
2023#1,277179—
2022#1,274188—
2021#1,370161—
2020#1,276175—
2019#1,283180—
2018#1,181203—
2017#1,364169—
2016#1,232198—
2015#1,266192—
2014#1,215201—
2013#1,210198—
2012#1,273188—
2011#1,105223—
2010#969263—
2009#938285—
2008#728409—
2007#759385—
2006#700405—
2005#583488—
2004#597468—
2003#570490—
2002#509538—
2001#566459—
2000#517510—
1999#475554—
1998#445581—
1997#391667—
1996#347801#6,4968
1995#399658#7,7926
1994#349756#5,8689
1993#381668#6,8167
1992#359715#4,32713
1991#346746#5,9428
1990#382690#6,4157
1989#420591#6,9416
1988#437520#3,35015
1987#390588#4,5739
1986#360662#3,44013
1985#322740#3,80511
1984#357647#3,92510
1983#369611#4,9077
1982#358653#4,5938
1981#325726#3,60111
1980#302820#2,96515
1979#355647#4,8427
1978#369577#5,0596
1977#371577#4,1648
1976#353607—
1975#348622#3,24611
1974#341640#4,6346
1973#353598#4,5056
1972#394520—
1971#393555—
1970#426517#3,8367
1969#454453#4,4045
1968#463429—
1967#468409—
1966#499353—
1965#514344—
1964#537337—
1963#535326—
1962#560306—
1961#581299—
1960#595278—
1959#677218—
1958#712192—
1957#715194—
1956#742171—
1955#729169—
1954#709169—
1953#806130—
1952#741143—
1951#765133—
1950#738136—
1949#698147—
1948#700142—
1947#638168—
1946#678139—
1945#589153—
1944#605147—
1943#601157—
1942#574165—
1941#537171—
1940#536163—
1939#522163—
1938#495181—
1937#468196—
1936#516161—
1935#472182—
1934#465193—
1933#481175—
1932#462199—
1931#484177—
1930#459214—
1929#423249—
1928#422259—
1927#430258—
1926#418266—
1925#381318—
1924#367349—
1923#356343—
1922#338367—
1921#319423—
1920#311440—
1919#315402—
1918#320397—
1917#296436—
1916#303391—
1915#290395—
1914#290328—
1913#294259—
1912#295238—
1911#288184—
1910#264212—
1909#276169—
1908#286152—
1907#258178—
1906#279141—
1905#274145—
1904#265140—
1903#258143—
1902#258146—
1901#254130—
1900#238178—
1899#233140—
1898#267129—
1897#263117—
1896#264118—
1895#265111—
1894#267106—
1893#27396—
1892#27295—
1891#28776—
1890#27682—
1889#27376—
1888#26775—
1887#25468—
1886#25367—
1885#28349—
1884#30241—
1883#27442—
1882#30034—
1881#30127—
1880#28829—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lorena was already there! It came in at #288, and was given to 29 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 35 girls a year got the name.

Where Lorena is popular in 1908

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lorena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#1,275 → #1,291)
  • 15 spots since 2020 (#1,276 → #1,291)
  • 25 spots since 2015 (#1,266 → #1,291)
  • Biggest jump: 97 spots in 1954 (#806 → #709)
  • Biggest drop: 210 spots in 2009 (#728 → #938)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1899 at #233 (140 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 131 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 131 yrs · run 1880–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,664
  • Highest: 1 in 1,664 girls born in 1899 were named Lorena (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,291 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 15.2% of all girls named Lorena (6,836) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s508#253 (1886)#280
1890s1,070#233 (1899)#267
1900s1,522#238 (1900)#265
1910s3,242#264 (1910)#296
1920s3,272#311 (1920)#377
1930s1,841#459 (1930)#482
1940s1,552#536 (1940)#616
1950s1,655#677 (1959)#733
1960s3,534#454 (1969)#521
1970s5,860#341 (1974)#370
1980s6,558#302 (1980)#364
1990s6,836#346 (1991)#387
2000s4,437#509 (2002)#647
2010s2,015#969 (2010)#1,210
2020s1,058#1,274 (2022)#1,294

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.

Lorena in 1908

girls
#286
152 births · 1 in 2,199 girls

Top girls' names in 1908

  1. #1Mary18,665
  2. #2Helen8,439
  3. #3Margaret6,976
  4. #4Ruth6,180
  5. #5Anna5,860
  6. #6Dorothy5,703
  7. #7Elizabeth4,904
  8. #8Mildred4,624
  9. #9Alice4,270
  10. #10Marie4,076
  11. #286Lorena152
More about 1908

girls

334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 2,199 of them was named Lorena, which outranked 88.2% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lorena
  1. #281Katharine155
  2. #284Corinne154
  3. #284Jeanne154
  4. #286Lorena152
  5. #287Mayme151
  6. #288Leila150
  7. #288Peggy150
Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,122Bernetta#2,061 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,122Nila#2,061 → #939
  3. ↑ 909Arnetta#1,821 → #912
  4. ↑ 703Edra#1,512 → #809
  5. ↑ 703Hertha#1,512 → #809
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Aurore#840 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,178Tula#923 → #2,101
  3. ↓ 1,111Oneida#990 → #2,101
  4. ↓ 1,043Walter#819 → #1,862
  5. ↓ 1,022Gayle#840 → #1,862

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

See the top 100 for 1908 →