Lori

#1,721 for girls in 2025, 118 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #5,751
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1963 · 23,899 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
28 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
341,911
since 1924

Lori over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #8, 1963girls
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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#1,721118—
2024#1,524141—
2023#1,421157—
2022#1,387165—
2021#1,630128—
2020#1,668123—
2019#1,668126—
2018#1,548140—
2017#1,665129—
2016#1,550144—
2015#1,593135—
2014#1,652129—
2013#1,775115—
2012#1,940101—
2011#1,748117—
2010#1,830111—
2009#1,650135—
2008#1,597142—
2007#1,354179—
2006#1,590135—
2005#1,054226—
2004#1,186189—
2003#1,071207—
2002#1,135183—
2001#949233—
2000#863255—
1999#775284—
1998#717308—
1997#705304—
1996#648345—
1995#584394—
1994#475524—
1993#451556—
1992#400642—
1991#351736—
1990#323852—
1989#274986—
1988#2411,090#5,7517
1987#2291,171#4,5739
1986#1821,466#6,7215
1985#1581,791#6,5235
1984#1432,079#4,5528
1983#1132,520#3,23013
1982#982,978#4,2349
1981#913,479#3,60111
1980#764,085#2,96515
1979#694,432#3,01814
1978#604,631#2,13422
1977#575,072#3,38611
1976#475,849#1,99924
1975#396,650#2,13421
1974#307,960#1,61830
1973#288,472#1,61229
1972#289,434#1,64828
1971#2511,829#1,28942
1970#2313,448#1,31440
1969#2014,020#1,26539
1968#2213,126#1,65023
1967#2413,564#1,31233
1966#2114,671#1,11644
1965#1915,695#1,14443
1964#1518,624#1,26338
1963#823,899#1,10048
1962#1122,395#1,09149
1961#1421,876#1,13648
1960#2018,690#1,13947
1959#2715,032#1,46729
1958#3013,032#1,55725
1957#458,964#1,79120
1956#667,145#2,16814
1955#894,976#3,8865
1954#1213,440#3,8275
1953#1731,792—
1952#252972—
1951#347531—
1950#616186—
1949#619178—
1948#725136—
1947#854105—
1946#88588—
1945#1,08053—
1944#1,05355—
1943#1,12451—
1942#1,07653—
1941#1,18440—
1940#1,24235—
1939#1,40128—
1938#1,75220—
1937#1,91417—
1936#2,15314—
1935#2,9269—
1934#3,8026—
1933#3,1098—
1932#4,4115—
1931#3,8486—
1930#2,42513—
1929#3,6827—
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1927#3,5618—
1926#4,8515—
1925#4,9735—
1924#4,4346—
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First appearance
1924

The first year at least five girls were named Lori! It came in at #4,434, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1928, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lori is popular in 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #66 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 216 girlsAKMaine: #36 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 143 girlsMEVermont: #44 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 147 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #50 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 202 girlsNHWashington: #53 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 234 girlsWAIdaho: #37 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 161 girlsIDMontana: #59 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 202 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #31 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 129 girlsNDMinnesota: #42 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 190 girlsMNIllinois: #40 for girls · 318 births · 1 in 219 girlsILWisconsin: #39 for girls · 166 births · 1 in 165 girlsWIMichigan: #41 for girls · 283 births · 1 in 197 girlsMINew York: #42 for girls · 437 births · 1 in 233 girlsNYMassachusetts: #45 for girls · 154 births · 1 in 191 girlsMARhode Island: #16 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 72 girlsRIOregon: #59 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 256 girlsORNevada: #54 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 187 girlsNVWyoming: #34 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 119 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #25 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 112 girlsSDIowa: #40 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 163 girlsIAIndiana: #28 for girls · 248 births · 1 in 139 girlsINOhio: #32 for girls · 435 births · 1 in 159 girlsOHPennsylvania: #20 for girls · 516 births · 1 in 126 girlsPANew Jersey: #37 for girls · 197 births · 1 in 183 girlsNJConnecticut: #57 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 242 girlsCTCalifornia: #67 for girls · 394 births · 1 in 351 girlsCAUtah: #30 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 147 girlsUTColorado: #61 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 259 girlsCONebraska: #33 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 153 girlsNEMissouri: #30 for girls · 190 births · 1 in 153 girlsMOKentucky: #34 for girls · 141 births · 1 in 166 girlsKYWest Virginia: #26 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 119 girlsWVVirginia: #42 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 189 girlsVAMaryland: #48 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 216 girlsMDDelaware: #69 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 226 girlsDEArizona: #55 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 249 girlsAZNew Mexico: #60 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 247 girlsNMKansas: #28 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 146 girlsKSArkansas: #36 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 162 girlsARTennessee: #27 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 138 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #35 for girls · 186 births · 1 in 174 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #45 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 205 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #95 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 346 girlsDCOklahoma: #20 for girls · 128 births · 1 in 125 girlsOKLouisiana: #43 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 210 girlsLAMississippi: #72 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 299 girlsMSAlabama: #51 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 210 girlsALGeorgia: #44 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 209 girlsGAHawaii: #35 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 181 girlsHITexas: #39 for girls · 412 births · 1 in 232 girlsTXFlorida: #39 for girls · 194 births · 1 in 213 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#16 · 1 in 72
  2. Oklahoma#20 · 1 in 125
  3. Pennsylvania#20 · 1 in 126
  4. South Dakota#25 · 1 in 112
  5. West Virginia#26 · 1 in 119

Best ever in a state: #1 in Idaho, 1960.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#16551 in 72
Oklahoma#201281 in 125
Pennsylvania#205161 in 126
South Dakota#25351 in 112
West Virginia#26941 in 119
Tennessee#271911 in 138
Indiana#282481 in 139
Kansas#28861 in 146
Missouri#301901 in 153
Utah#30841 in 147
North Dakota#31321 in 129
Ohio#324351 in 159
Nebraska#33621 in 153
Kentucky#341411 in 166
Wyoming#34161 in 119
Hawaii#35251 in 181
North Carolina#351861 in 174
Arkansas#36781 in 162
Maine#36401 in 143
Idaho#37341 in 161
New Jersey#371971 in 183
Florida#391941 in 213
Texas#394121 in 232
Wisconsin#391661 in 165
Illinois#403181 in 219
Iowa#401061 in 163
Michigan#412831 in 197
Minnesota#421271 in 190
New York#424371 in 233
Virginia#421431 in 189
Louisiana#431221 in 210
Georgia#441481 in 209
Vermont#44151 in 147
Massachusetts#451541 in 191
South Carolina#45811 in 205
Maryland#48821 in 216
New Hampshire#50211 in 202
Alabama#511041 in 210
Washington#53851 in 234
Nevada#54141 in 187
Arizona#55611 in 249
Connecticut#57571 in 242
Montana#59191 in 202
Oregon#59511 in 256
New Mexico#60311 in 247
Colorado#61611 in 259
Alaska#66101 in 216
California#673941 in 351
Delaware#69121 in 226
Mississippi#72521 in 299
District of Columbia#95171 in 346

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 Lori
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 197 spots since 2024 (#1,524 → #1,721)
  • 53 spots since 2020 (#1,668 → #1,721)
  • 128 spots since 2015 (#1,593 → #1,721)
  • Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1951 (#616 → #347)
  • Biggest drop: 186 spots in 2002 (#949 → #1,135)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1924
  • Peaked 1963 at #8 (23,899 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: 1 yr · 1963
  • Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1955–1982
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1946–2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 81
  • Highest: 1 in 81 girls born in 1963 were named Lori (1.2%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,621 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 51.6% of all girls named Lori (176,560) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s31#3,561 (1927)#4,300
1930s126#1,401 (1939)#2,774
1940s794#619 (1949)#984
1950s56,070#27 (1959)#177
1960s176,560#8 (1963)#17
1970s77,777#23 (1970)#41
1980s21,645#76 (1980)#161
1990s4,945#323 (1990)#543
2000s1,884#863 (2000)#1,245
2010s1,247#1,548 (2018)#1,697
2020s832#1,387 (2022)#1,559

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.

Lori in 1975

girls
#39
6,650 births · 1 in 219 girls
boys
#2,134
21 births · 1 in 74,350 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #39Lori6,650

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #2,134Lori21
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 219 of them was named Lori, which outranked 99.6% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lori
  1. #36Patricia7,053
  2. #37Tiffany6,919
  3. #38Erin6,894
  4. #39Lori6,650
  5. #40Cynthia6,539
  6. #41Tara6,455
  7. #42Danielle6,412
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 74,350 of them was named Lori, which outranked 66.3% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lori
  1. #2,065Winford22
  2. #2,065Yitzchok22
  3. #2,065Yuri22
  4. #2,134Lori21
  5. #2,134Adriel21
  6. #2,134Akbar21
  7. #2,134Alma21
  8. #2,205Aidan20
  9. #2,205Allison20
  10. #2,205Allyn20

Tied with 70 names at #2,134; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 722Benjiman#1,692 → #970
  2. ↑ 702Marques#1,520 → #818
  3. ↑ 645Glendon#1,409 → #764
  4. ↑ 502Benji#1,124 → #622
  5. ↑ 471Regan#1,409 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 905Toma#882 → #1,787
  2. ↓ 830Vashon#923 → #1,753
  3. ↓ 352Bruno#993 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 327Hollis#953 → #1,280
  5. ↓ 303Domenico#977 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975 →