Girls' name · peaked in 1919
Lorene name popularity since 1925
22,958 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lorene. Half of them were born in 1940 or earlier, so the typical Lorene is about 86 years old in 2026. Lorene peaked in 1919 as the #168 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,958
- Named Lorene, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1919
- #168 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,715 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 22,893 girls · 65 boys
- Most popular in
- Arkansas
- 5.37× its national share
Peak year is the year Lorene 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.
Lorene births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Lorene peaked earlier, in 1919.
- Steepest fall: Between 1963 and 1968, Lorene's share of baby girls fell by 43%, from 1 in 7,250 to 1 in 12,800.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Lorene's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lorene.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lorene 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 | 4,945 | 18 | – |
| 1930s | 6,180 | 37 | #262 |
| 1940s | 3,906 | 0 | #370 |
| 1950s | 3,368 | 0 | #474 |
| 1960s | 2,309 | 10 | #670 |
| 1970s | 885 | 0 | #1,698 |
| 1980s | 467 | 0 | #2,465 |
| 1990s | 302 | 0 | #4,298 |
| 2000s | 242 | 0 | #4,231 |
| 2010s | 177 | 0 | #7,145 |
| 2020–25 | 112 | 0 | #6,715 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
45.5% of babies named Lorene from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Lorene is most popular
The index compares Lorene'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 Lorene.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 5.37× | 1,087 |
| Oklahoma | 4.52× | 1,160 |
| Alabama | 3.61× | 1,260 |
| Kentucky | 3.48× | 1,147 |
| Mississippi | 3.25× | 777 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lorene 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lorene (this page) | 22,893 | 1919 |
| Lorine | 5,646 | 1922 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lorene's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lorene.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lorene (1919).
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