Girls' name · peaked in 1899
Lorena name popularity since 1925
36,915 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lorena (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1983 or earlier, so the typical Lorena is about 43 years old in 2026. Lorena peaked in 1899 as the #233 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 36,915
- Named Lorena, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1899
- #233 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,293 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 36,696 girls · 219 boys
- Most popular in
- California
- 3.53× its national share
Peak year is the year Lorena made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lorena births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1980. Measured as a share of all babies, Lorena peaked earlier, in 1899.
- Fastest rise: Between 1958 and 1963, Lorena became 1.8× more common, from 1 in 10,500 baby girls to 1 in 5,910.
- Steepest fall: Between 2008 and 2013, its share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 4,620 to 1 in 8,860.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lorena's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lorena.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lorena in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,350 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 1,841 | 0 | #472 |
| 1940s | 1,552 | 0 | #591 |
| 1950s | 1,655 | 0 | #731 |
| 1960s | 3,534 | 5 | #514 |
| 1970s | 5,860 | 51 | #348 |
| 1980s | 6,558 | 105 | #322 |
| 1990s | 6,836 | 58 | #399 |
| 2000s | 4,437 | 0 | #584 |
| 2010s | 2,015 | 0 | #1,273 |
| 2020–25 | 1,058 | 0 | #1,293 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
29.6% of babies named Lorena from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Lorena is most popular
The index compares Lorena's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lorena.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| California | 3.53× | 11,800 |
| Texas | 2.61× | 6,470 |
| New Mexico | 2.47× | 430 |
| Arizona | 2.35× | 961 |
| Illinois | 1.12× | 1,720 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lorena and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lorena (this page) | 36,696 | 1899 |
| Lorina | 1,533 | 1911 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lorena's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lorena.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lorena (1899).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data