Lorna
#2,957 for girls in 2025, 56 births · Last seen for boys in 1966 at #3,948
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1941 · 464 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 28,535since 1885
Lorna over time
Rank among girls' names. Lorna 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 | #2,957 | 56 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,176 | 50 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,640 | 42 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,014 | 36 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,015 | 53 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,451 | 45 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,069 | 36 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,269 | 34 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,849 | 39 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,419 | 47 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,529 | 46 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,289 | 51 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,669 | 67 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,503 | 69 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,526 | 66 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,144 | 81 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,467 | 64 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,075 | 80 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,258 | 69 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,999 | 78 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,279 | 62 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,200 | 62 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,722 | 87 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,955 | 70 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,810 | 79 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,640 | 92 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,844 | 77 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,933 | 72 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,989 | 68 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,667 | 82 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,671 | 77 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,570 | 80 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,203 | 116 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,226 | 112 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,205 | 108 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,319 | 91 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,551 | 76 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,340 | 93 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,448 | 84 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,482 | 80 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,265 | 97 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,225 | 99 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,134 | 104 | — | |
| 1975 | #947 | 133 | — | |
| 1974 | #889 | 144 | — | |
| 1973 | #958 | 125 | — | |
| 1972 | #792 | 173 | — | |
| 1971 | #729 | 207 | — | |
| 1970 | #678 | 234 | — | |
| 1969 | #574 | 295 | — | |
| 1968 | #572 | 280 | — | |
| 1967 | #498 | 368 | — | |
| 1966 | #493 | 360 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #412 | 510 | — | |
| 1964 | #429 | 524 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #440 | 484 | — | |
| 1962 | #412 | 561 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #398 | 592 | — | |
| 1960 | #369 | 678 | — | |
| 1959 | #361 | 691 | — | |
| 1958 | #349 | 688 | — | |
| 1957 | #332 | 758 | — | |
| 1956 | #328 | 705 | — | |
| 1955 | #316 | 740 | — | |
| 1954 | #317 | 707 | — | |
| 1953 | #307 | 721 | — | |
| 1952 | #314 | 662 | — | |
| 1951 | #352 | 514 | — | |
| 1950 | #373 | 463 | — | |
| 1949 | #375 | 440 | — | |
| 1948 | #381 | 432 | — | |
| 1947 | #368 | 475 | — | |
| 1946 | #366 | 426 | — | |
| 1945 | #332 | 428 | — | |
| 1944 | #350 | 388 | — | |
| 1943 | #337 | 441 | — | |
| 1942 | #302 | 518 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #298 | 464 | — | |
| 1940 | #312 | 416 | — | |
| 1939 | #325 | 368 | — | |
| 1938 | #357 | 330 | — | |
| 1937 | #366 | 313 | — | |
| 1936 | #372 | 290 | — | |
| 1935 | #353 | 329 | — | |
| 1934 | #359 | 309 | — | |
| 1933 | #348 | 324 | — | |
| 1932 | #323 | 386 | — | |
| 1931 | #322 | 390 | — | |
| 1930 | #374 | 328 | — | |
| 1929 | #391 | 296 | — | |
| 1928 | #368 | 348 | — | |
| 1927 | #383 | 320 | — | |
| 1926 | #399 | 295 | — | |
| 1925 | #376 | 334 | — | |
| 1924 | #392 | 304 | — | |
| 1923 | #345 | 364 | — | |
| 1922 | #419 | 249 | — | |
| 1921 | #407 | 277 | — | |
| 1920 | #437 | 234 | — | |
| 1919 | #442 | 222 | — | |
| 1918 | #452 | 218 | — | |
| 1917 | #441 | 211 | — | |
| 1916 | #426 | 218 | — | |
| 1915 | #425 | 204 | — | |
| 1914 | #470 | 135 | — | |
| 1913 | #488 | 109 | — | |
| 1912 | #466 | 104 | — | |
| 1911 | #439 | 85 | — | |
| 1910 | #576 | 51 | — | |
| 1909 | #531 | 51 | — | |
| 1908 | #583 | 41 | — | |
| 1907 | #572 | 41 | — | |
| 1906 | #570 | 38 | — | |
| 1905 | #632 | 31 | — | |
| 1904 | #537 | 38 | — | |
| 1903 | #589 | 31 | — | |
| 1902 | #648 | 26 | — | |
| 1901 | #615 | 26 | — | |
| 1900 | #639 | 30 | — | |
| 1899 | #680 | 21 | — | |
| 1898 | #610 | 28 | — | |
| 1897 | #627 | 24 | — | |
| 1896 | #707 | 20 | — | |
| 1895 | #725 | 19 | — | |
| 1894 | #812 | 14 | — | |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lorna! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lorna is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#554 · 1 in 5,828
- Texas#1,110 · 1 in 11,988
- New York#1,189 · 1 in 12,483
- California#1,190 · 1 in 12,407
Best ever in a state: #52 in Utah, 1925.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #554 | 5 | 1 in 5,828 |
| Texas | #1,110 | 10 | 1 in 11,988 |
| New York | #1,189 | 8 | 1 in 12,483 |
| California | #1,190 | 14 | 1 in 12,407 |
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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 Lorna
- 219 spots since 2024 (#3,176 → #2,957)
- 58 spots since 2020 (#3,015 → #2,957)
- 1,112 spots since 2015 (#4,069 → #2,957)
- Biggest jump: 148 spots in 1893 (#861 → #713)
- Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1976 (#947 → #1,134)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1941 at #298 (464 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 30 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1892–1975
- Highest: 1 in 2,604 girls born in 1941 were named Lorna (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,701 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 23.3% of all girls named Lorna (6,649) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #921 (1885) | #1,112 |
| 1890s | 163 | #610 (1898) | #749 |
| 1900s | 353 | #531 (1909) | #592 |
| 1910s | 1,557 | #425 (1915) | #463 |
| 1920s | 3,021 | #345 (1923) | #392 |
| 1930s | 3,367 | #322 (1931) | #350 |
| 1940s | 4,428 | #298 (1941) | #342 |
| 1950s | 6,649 | #307 (1953) | #335 |
| 1960s | 4,652 | #369 (1960) | #460 |
| 1970s | 1,396 | #678 (1970) | #1,010 |
| 1980s | 919 | #1,203 (1986) | #1,420 |
| 1990s | 747 | #1,640 (1993) | #1,937 |
| 2000s | 631 | #2,075 (2001) | #2,747 |
| 2010s | 358 | #3,419 (2012) | #4,161 |
| 2020s | 277 | #2,957 (2025) | #3,428 |
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.
Lorna in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 19,766 of them was named Lorna, which outranked 88.1% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,433Raegan85
- #1,433Roslyn85
- #1,433Shawnda85
- #1,448Lorna84
- #1,448Carley84
- #1,448Jacinta84
- #1,448Jolynn84
- #1,460Chelsey83
- #1,460Coleen83
- #1,460Evette83
Tied with 11 names at #1,448; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.