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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #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
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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
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1952#252972—
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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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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 2016

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedILWisconsin: #867 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,660 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedMINew York: #1,345 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,984 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedIAIndiana: #821 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,328 girlsINOhio: #1,151 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,438 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,037 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,482 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,221 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 8,488 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedNEMissouri: #958 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,425 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedARTennessee: #1,087 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,208 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedHITexas: #1,547 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 11,153 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Lori, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Indiana#821 · 1 in 4,328
  2. Wisconsin#867 · 1 in 4,660
  3. Missouri#958 · 1 in 5,425
  4. Pennsylvania#1,037 · 1 in 6,482
  5. Tennessee#1,087 · 1 in 6,208

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Indiana#82171 in 4,328
Wisconsin#86751 in 4,660
Missouri#95851 in 5,425
Pennsylvania#1,03781 in 6,482
Tennessee#1,08751 in 6,208
Ohio#1,15171 in 7,438
California#1,221241 in 8,488
New York#1,345101 in 8,984
Texas#1,547151 in 11,153
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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 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 2016

girls
#1,550
144 births · 1 in 12,306 girls

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #1,550Lori144
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 12,306 of them was named Lori, which outranked 91.8% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lori
  1. #1,545Jael145
  2. #1,545Lakyn145
  3. #1,545Nyah145
  4. #1,550Lori144
  5. #1,550Adalie144
  6. #1,550Caleigh144
  7. #1,550Darlene144
  8. #1,560Anabel143
  9. #1,560Ayvah143
  10. #1,560Carrie143

Tied with 9 names at #1,550; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

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

See the top 100 for 2016 →