Girls' name · peaked in 1941
Lorna name popularity since 1925
25,039 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lorna. Half of them were born in 1955 or earlier, so the typical Lorna is about 71 years old in 2026. Lorna peaked in 1941 as the #298 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,039
- Named Lorna, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,980 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 25,017 girls · 22 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 8.02× its national share
Peak year is the year Lorna 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.
Lorna births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1957. Measured as a share of all babies, Lorna peaked in 1941.
- Fastest rise: Between 1948 and 1953, Lorna became 1.5× more common, from 1 in 3,930 baby girls to 1 in 2,610.
- Steepest fall: Between 1965 and 1970, its share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 3,460 to 1 in 7,470.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lorna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lorna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lorna 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 | 1,593 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 3,367 | 0 | #353 |
| 1940s | 4,428 | 7 | #332 |
| 1950s | 6,649 | 0 | #317 |
| 1960s | 4,652 | 15 | #413 |
| 1970s | 1,396 | 0 | #949 |
| 1980s | 919 | 0 | #1,229 |
| 1990s | 747 | 0 | #1,965 |
| 2000s | 631 | 0 | #2,515 |
| 2010s | 358 | 0 | #4,116 |
| 2020–25 | 277 | 0 | #2,980 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
45.0% of babies named Lorna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Lorna is most popular
The index compares Lorna'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 Lorna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 8.02× | 521 |
| Iowa | 2.81× | 741 |
| Utah | 2.66× | 471 |
| Minnesota | 2.17× | 823 |
| Washington | 2.14× | 742 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lorna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lorna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lorna (1941).
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