Girls' name · peaked in 1963
Lori name popularity since 1925
342,758 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lori. Half of them were born in 1965 or earlier, so the typical Lori is about 61 years old in 2026. Lori peaked in 1963 as the #8 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 342,758
- Named Lori, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,726 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 341,905 girls · 853 boys
- Most popular in
- South Dakota
- 2.23× its national share
Peak year is the year Lori 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.
Lori births per year, 1925–2025
1963 was the biggest year for Lori both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1950 and 1955, Lori became 23× more common, from 1 in 9,210 baby girls to 1 in 393.
- Steepest fall: Between 1982 and 1987, its share of baby girls fell by 62%, from 1 in 569 to 1 in 1,480.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lori's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lori.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lori 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 | 25 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 126 | 0 | #3,061 |
| 1940s | 794 | 0 | #1,090 |
| 1950s | 56,070 | 98 | #89 |
| 1960s | 176,560 | 412 | #19 |
| 1970s | 77,777 | 261 | #39 |
| 1980s | 21,645 | 82 | #158 |
| 1990s | 4,945 | 0 | #584 |
| 2000s | 1,884 | 0 | #1,058 |
| 2010s | 1,247 | 0 | #1,597 |
| 2020–25 | 832 | 0 | #1,726 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
47.4% of babies named Lori from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Lori is most popular
The index compares Lori'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 Lori.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 2.23× | 2,443 |
| Rhode Island | 2.20× | 2,679 |
| Iowa | 2.03× | 8,872 |
| North Dakota | 1.96× | 2,118 |
| Wisconsin | 1.90× | 12,839 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lori 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lori (this page) | 341,905 | 1963 |
| Lorie | 21,836 | 1963 |
| Lorrie | 17,300 | 1963 |
| Lorri | 8,022 | 1961 |
| Loree | 2,828 | 1910 |
| Lory | 2,247 | 1962 |
| Lorry | 1,024 | 1960 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lori's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lori.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lori (1963).
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