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Lorna: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 56 in 2025. Its best rank was #298 in 1941.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #298 in 1941; #2,980 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lorna in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,980 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1941, at #298.
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Lorna: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 56 girls in 2025. Peak: #298 in 1941 · most girls in one year: 758 (1957).
In 2025, 56 US girls were named Lorna, making it the 2,980th most common girls’ name of the year, up 225 places from #3,205 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 50 girls named Lorna in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #298, reached in 1941. The most girls given the name in a single year was 758, in 1957. For comparison, it was #4,116 in 2015 and #373 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lorna in 138 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 6 babies. In all, 28,557 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 6,649 babies named Lorna.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 418 US girls were named Lorna; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 56. In 2025 that was about 1 in 28,701 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,980 | — | — |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,205 | — | — |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,687 | — | — |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,802 | — | — |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,058 | — | — |
| 2020 | 53 | #3,048 | — | — |
| 2019 | 45 | #3,485 | — | — |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,976 | — | — |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,543 | — | — |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,929 | — | — |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,116 | — | — |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,322 | — | — |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,889 | — | — |
| 2012 | 47 | #3,445 | — | — |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,997 | — | — |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,459 | — | — |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,065 | — | — |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,560 | — | — |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,312 | — | — |
| 2006 | 67 | #2,691 | — | — |
| 2005 | 69 | #2,515 | — | — |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,543 | — | — |
| 2003 | 81 | #2,158 | — | — |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,485 | — | — |
| 2001 | 80 | #2,085 | — | — |
| 2000 | 69 | #2,267 | — | — |
| 1999 | 78 | #2,010 | — | — |
| 1998 | 62 | #2,300 | — | — |
| 1997 | 62 | #2,217 | — | — |
| 1996 | 87 | #1,732 | — | — |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,965 | — | — |
| 1994 | 79 | #1,820 | — | — |
| 1993 | 92 | #1,650 | — | — |
| 1992 | 77 | #1,850 | — | — |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,948 | — | — |
| 1990 | 68 | #2,004 | — | — |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,680 | — | — |
| 1988 | 77 | #1,681 | — | — |
| 1987 | 80 | #1,577 | — | — |
| 1986 | 116 | #1,206 | — | — |
| 1985 | 112 | #1,229 | — | — |
| 1984 | 108 | #1,212 | — | — |
| 1983 | 91 | #1,323 | — | — |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,560 | — | — |
| 1981 | 93 | #1,347 | — | — |
| 1980 | 84 | #1,451 | — | — |
| 1979 | 80 | #1,492 | — | — |
| 1978 | 97 | #1,270 | — | — |
| 1977 | 99 | #1,230 | — | — |
| 1976 | 104 | #1,137 | — | — |
| 1975 | 133 | #949 | — | — |
| 1974 | 144 | #893 | — | — |
| 1973 | 125 | #961 | — | — |
| 1972 | 173 | #793 | — | — |
| 1971 | 207 | #730 | — | — |
| 1970 | 234 | #680 | — | — |
| 1969 | 295 | #574 | — | — |
| 1968 | 280 | #573 | — | — |
| 1967 | 368 | #498 | — | — |
| 1966 | 360 | #494 | 5 | #4,303 |
| 1965 | 510 | #413 | — | — |
| 1964 | 524 | #429 | 5 | #4,395 |
| 1963 | 484 | #441 | — | — |
| 1962 | 561 | #412 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1961 | 592 | #398 | — | — |
| 1960 | 678 | #369 | — | — |
| 1959 | 691 | #361 | — | — |
| 1958 | 688 | #349 | — | — |
| 1957 | 758 | #332 | — | — |
| 1956 | 705 | #328 | — | — |
| 1955 | 740 | #317 | — | — |
| 1954 | 707 | #317 | — | — |
| 1953 | 721 | #307 | — | — |
| 1952 | 662 | #314 | — | — |
| 1951 | 514 | #353 | — | — |
| 1950 | 463 | #373 | — | — |
| 1949 | 440 | #376 | — | — |
| 1948 | 432 | #382 | — | — |
| 1947 | 475 | #368 | — | — |
| 1946 | 426 | #366 | — | — |
| 1945 | 428 | #332 | — | — |
| 1944 | 388 | #350 | — | — |
| 1943 | 441 | #337 | — | — |
| 1942 | 518 | #302 | 7 | #3,099 |
| 1941 | 464 | #298 | — | — |
| 1940 | 416 | #312 | — | — |
| 1939 | 368 | #325 | — | — |
| 1938 | 330 | #358 | — | — |
| 1937 | 313 | #366 | — | — |
| 1936 | 290 | #372 | — | — |
| 1935 | 329 | #353 | — | — |
| 1934 | 309 | #359 | — | — |
| 1933 | 324 | #348 | — | — |
| 1932 | 386 | #324 | — | — |
| 1931 | 390 | #323 | — | — |
| 1930 | 328 | #374 | — | — |
| 1929 | 296 | #392 | — | — |
| 1928 | 348 | #368 | — | — |
| 1927 | 320 | #383 | — | — |
| 1926 | 295 | #399 | — | — |
| 1925 | 334 | #376 | — | — |
| 1924 | 304 | #394 | — | — |
| 1923 | 364 | #346 | — | — |
| 1922 | 249 | #421 | — | — |
| 1921 | 277 | #407 | — | — |
| 1920 | 234 | #437 | — | — |
| 1919 | 222 | #442 | — | — |
| 1918 | 218 | #454 | — | — |
| 1917 | 211 | #441 | — | — |
| 1916 | 218 | #426 | — | — |
| 1915 | 204 | #426 | — | — |
| 1914 | 135 | #472 | — | — |
| 1913 | 109 | #488 | — | — |
| 1912 | 104 | #468 | — | — |
| 1911 | 85 | #441 | — | — |
| 1910 | 51 | #580 | — | — |
| 1909 | 51 | #533 | — | — |
| 1908 | 41 | #586 | — | — |
| 1907 | 41 | #576 | — | — |
| 1906 | 38 | #574 | — | — |
| 1905 | 31 | #635 | — | — |
| 1904 | 38 | #541 | — | — |
| 1903 | 31 | #593 | — | — |
| 1902 | 26 | #662 | — | — |
| 1901 | 26 | #623 | — | — |
| 1900 | 30 | #650 | — | — |
| 1899 | 21 | #692 | — | — |
| 1898 | 28 | #614 | — | — |
| 1897 | 24 | #637 | — | — |
| 1896 | 20 | #719 | — | — |
| 1895 | 19 | #734 | — | — |
| 1894 | 14 | #830 | — | — |
| 1893 | 17 | #730 | — | — |
| 1892 | 12 | #883 | — | — |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,058 | — | — |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,400 | — | — |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,223 | — | — |
| 1885 | 6 | #998 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).