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
- Peak · girls
- 1899 · 140 births
- Debut · girls
- 29 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 44,960since 1880
Lorena over time
Rank among girls' names. Lorena 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 | #1,291 | 173 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,275 | 182 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,277 | 179 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,274 | 188 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,370 | 161 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,276 | 175 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,283 | 180 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,181 | 203 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,364 | 169 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,232 | 198 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,266 | 192 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,215 | 201 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,210 | 198 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,273 | 188 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,105 | 223 | — | |
| 2010 | #969 | 263 | — | |
| 2009 | #938 | 285 | — | |
| 2008 | #728 | 409 | — | |
| 2007 | #759 | 385 | — | |
| 2006 | #700 | 405 | — | |
| 2005 | #583 | 488 | — | |
| 2004 | #597 | 468 | — | |
| 2003 | #570 | 490 | — | |
| 2002 | #509 | 538 | — | |
| 2001 | #566 | 459 | — | |
| 2000 | #517 | 510 | — | |
| 1999 | #475 | 554 | — | |
| 1998 | #445 | 581 | — | |
| 1997 | #391 | 667 | — | |
| 1996 | #347 | 801 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #399 | 658 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #349 | 756 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #381 | 668 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #359 | 715 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #346 | 746 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #382 | 690 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #420 | 591 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #437 | 520 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #390 | 588 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #360 | 662 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #322 | 740 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #357 | 647 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #369 | 611 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #358 | 653 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #325 | 726 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #302 | 820 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #355 | 647 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #369 | 577 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #371 | 577 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #353 | 607 | — | |
| 1975 | #348 | 622 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #341 | 640 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #353 | 598 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #394 | 520 | — | |
| 1971 | #393 | 555 | — | |
| 1970 | #426 | 517 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #454 | 453 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #463 | 429 | — | |
| 1967 | #468 | 409 | — | |
| 1966 | #499 | 353 | — | |
| 1965 | #514 | 344 | — | |
| 1964 | #537 | 337 | — | |
| 1963 | #535 | 326 | — | |
| 1962 | #560 | 306 | — | |
| 1961 | #581 | 299 | — | |
| 1960 | #595 | 278 | — | |
| 1959 | #677 | 218 | — | |
| 1958 | #712 | 192 | — | |
| 1957 | #715 | 194 | — | |
| 1956 | #742 | 171 | — | |
| 1955 | #729 | 169 | — | |
| 1954 | #709 | 169 | — | |
| 1953 | #806 | 130 | — | |
| 1952 | #741 | 143 | — | |
| 1951 | #765 | 133 | — | |
| 1950 | #738 | 136 | — | |
| 1949 | #698 | 147 | — | |
| 1948 | #700 | 142 | — | |
| 1947 | #638 | 168 | — | |
| 1946 | #678 | 139 | — | |
| 1945 | #589 | 153 | — | |
| 1944 | #605 | 147 | — | |
| 1943 | #601 | 157 | — | |
| 1942 | #574 | 165 | — | |
| 1941 | #537 | 171 | — | |
| 1940 | #536 | 163 | — | |
| 1939 | #522 | 163 | — | |
| 1938 | #495 | 181 | — | |
| 1937 | #468 | 196 | — | |
| 1936 | #516 | 161 | — | |
| 1935 | #472 | 182 | — | |
| 1934 | #465 | 193 | — | |
| 1933 | #481 | 175 | — | |
| 1932 | #462 | 199 | — | |
| 1931 | #484 | 177 | — | |
| 1930 | #459 | 214 | — | |
| 1929 | #423 | 249 | — | |
| 1928 | #422 | 259 | — | |
| 1927 | #430 | 258 | — | |
| 1926 | #418 | 266 | — | |
| 1925 | #381 | 318 | — | |
| 1924 | #367 | 349 | — | |
| 1923 | #356 | 343 | — | |
| 1922 | #338 | 367 | — | |
| 1921 | #319 | 423 | — | |
| 1920 | #311 | 440 | — | |
| 1919 | #315 | 402 | — | |
| 1918 | #320 | 397 | — | |
| 1917 | #296 | 436 | — | |
| 1916 | #303 | 391 | — | |
| 1915 | #290 | 395 | — | |
| 1914 | #290 | 328 | — | |
| 1913 | #294 | 259 | — | |
| 1912 | #295 | 238 | — | |
| 1911 | #288 | 184 | — | |
| 1910 | #264 | 212 | — | |
| 1909 | #276 | 169 | — | |
| 1908 | #286 | 152 | — | |
| 1907 | #258 | 178 | — | |
| 1906 | #279 | 141 | — | |
| 1905 | #274 | 145 | — | |
| 1904 | #265 | 140 | — | |
| 1903 | #258 | 143 | — | |
| 1902 | #258 | 146 | — | |
| 1901 | #254 | 130 | — | |
| 1900 | #238 | 178 | — | |
| 1899 | #233 | 140 | — | |
| 1898 | #267 | 129 | — | |
| 1897 | #263 | 117 | — | |
| 1896 | #264 | 118 | — | |
| 1895 | #265 | 111 | — | |
| 1894 | #267 | 106 | — | |
| 1893 | #273 | 96 | — | |
| 1892 | #272 | 95 | — | |
| 1891 | #287 | 76 | — | |
| 1890 | #276 | 82 | — | |
| 1889 | #273 | 76 | — | |
| 1888 | #267 | 75 | — | |
| 1887 | #254 | 68 | — | |
| 1886 | #253 | 67 | — | |
| 1885 | #283 | 49 | — | |
| 1884 | #302 | 41 | — | |
| 1883 | #274 | 42 | — | |
| 1882 | #300 | 34 | — | |
| 1881 | #301 | 27 | — | |
| 1880 | #288 | 29 | — | |
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 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#109 · 1 in 520
- Texas#177 · 1 in 862
- Arizona#235 · 1 in 1,092
- Illinois#261 · 1 in 1,509
- New Mexico#346 · 1 in 1,637
Best ever in a state: #90 in California, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #109 | 295 | 1 in 520 |
| Texas | #177 | 120 | 1 in 862 |
| Arizona | #235 | 15 | 1 in 1,092 |
| Illinois | #261 | 47 | 1 in 1,509 |
| New Mexico | #346 | 5 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Kansas | #387 | 5 | 1 in 2,687 |
| Colorado | #418 | 6 | 1 in 2,883 |
| Washington | #460 | 7 | 1 in 3,278 |
| New Jersey | #705 | 6 | 1 in 6,045 |
| New York | #806 | 14 | 1 in 7,023 |
| Michigan | #971 | 5 | 1 in 11,510 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lorena
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #233 (140 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 131 yrs · run 1880–2010
- 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%)
- 15.2% of all girls named Lorena (6,836) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 508 | #253 (1886) | #280 |
| 1890s | 1,070 | #233 (1899) | #267 |
| 1900s | 1,522 | #238 (1900) | #265 |
| 1910s | 3,242 | #264 (1910) | #296 |
| 1920s | 3,272 | #311 (1920) | #377 |
| 1930s | 1,841 | #459 (1930) | #482 |
| 1940s | 1,552 | #536 (1940) | #616 |
| 1950s | 1,655 | #677 (1959) | #733 |
| 1960s | 3,534 | #454 (1969) | #521 |
| 1970s | 5,860 | #341 (1974) | #370 |
| 1980s | 6,558 | #302 (1980) | #364 |
| 1990s | 6,836 | #346 (1991) | #387 |
| 2000s | 4,437 | #509 (2002) | #647 |
| 2010s | 2,015 | #969 (2010) | #1,210 |
| 2020s | 1,058 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 2,655 of them was named Lorena, which outranked 96.8% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 273,640 of them was named Lorena, which outranked 25.2% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).