Girls' name · peaked in 1963
Lorie name popularity since 1925
21,928 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lorie. Half of them were born in 1966 or earlier, so the typical Lorie is about 60 years old in 2026. Lorie peaked in 1963 as the #241 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 21,928
- Named Lorie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #11,511 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 21,836 girls · 92 boys
- Most popular in
- Michigan
- 1.47× its national share
Peak year is the year Lorie 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.
Lorie births per year, 1925–2025
1963 was the biggest year for Lorie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1951 and 1956, Lorie became 3.5× more common, from 1 in 16,500 baby girls to 1 in 4,660.
- Steepest fall: Between 1973 and 1978, its share of baby girls fell by 61%, from 1 in 2,210 to 1 in 5,720.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lorie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lorie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lorie 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 | 47 | 7 | – |
| 1930s | 107 | 5 | #2,058 |
| 1940s | 328 | 10 | #1,777 |
| 1950s | 3,466 | 21 | #485 |
| 1960s | 10,619 | 37 | #269 |
| 1970s | 5,292 | 12 | #415 |
| 1980s | 1,265 | 0 | #1,273 |
| 1990s | 338 | 0 | #4,170 |
| 2000s | 194 | 0 | #6,152 |
| 2010s | 116 | 0 | #11,482 |
| 2020–25 | 64 | 0 | #11,511 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.8% of babies named Lorie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Lorie is most popular
The index compares Lorie'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 Lorie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 1.47× | 1,098 |
| North Carolina | 1.37× | 758 |
| Ohio | 1.34× | 1,205 |
| Tennessee | 1.33× | 545 |
| Iowa | 1.32× | 326 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lorie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lorie (this page) | 21,836 | 1963 |
| Lori | 341,905 | 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 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lorie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lorie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lorie (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