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Lorna Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Lorna?

Ranking 3,951st in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Lorna is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Lorna has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #298 in 1941.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1957 with 758 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Lorna was less than 5, most recently in 1890.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Lorna occurred roughly during the years 1890-1893, 1894-1898, 1901-1904, 1908-1915, 1918-1923, 1936-1942, and 1949-1952, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1965-1973, 1974-1977, and 2006-2011.

Sometimes the name Lorna has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

How popular will Lorna be?

Lorna's popularity has been moving downward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Lorna for their newborn has remained about the same.

The name Lorna is very unique and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Lorna has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Lorna (Girl)Lorna (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 37 3,951 < 5 --
2017 31 4,529 < 5 --
2016 27 5,069 < 5 --
2015 36 4,108 < 5 --
2014 34 4,311 < 5 --
2013 39 3,882 < 5 --
2012 47 3,439 < 5 --
2011 28 4,989 < 5 --
2010 32 4,553 < 5 --
2009 38 4,063 < 5 --
2008 46 3,559 < 5 --
2007 51 3,310 < 5 --
2006 67 2,690 < 5 --
2005 69 2,514 < 5 --
2004 65 2,572 < 5 --
2003 81 2,158 < 5 --
2002 64 2,485 < 5 --
2001 80 2,086 < 5 --
2000 69 2,267 < 5 --
1999 78 2,008 < 5 --
1998 62 2,298 < 5 --
1997 62 2,214 < 5 --
1996 87 1,732 < 5 --
1995 69 1,995 < 5 --
1994 79 1,819 < 5 --
1993 92 1,649 < 5 --
1992 77 1,851 < 5 --
1991 72 1,947 < 5 --
1990 68 2,003 < 5 --
1989 82 1,679 < 5 --
1988 78 1,668 < 5 --
1987 79 1,585 < 5 --
1986 116 1,206 < 5 --
1985 112 1,228 < 5 --
1984 108 1,211 < 5 --
1983 91 1,324 < 5 --
1982 75 1,576 < 5 --
1981 93 1,346 < 5 --
1980 84 1,450 < 5 --
1979 80 1,490 < 5 --
1978 98 1,262 < 5 --
1977 99 1,229 < 5 --
1976 104 1,137 < 5 --
1975 133 950 < 5 --
1974 145 888 < 5 --
1973 125 961 < 5 --
1972 173 793 < 5 --
1971 207 730 < 5 --
1970 234 680 < 5 --
1969 295 574 < 5 --
1968 280 573 < 5 --
1967 368 498 < 5 --
1966 360 494 5 4,294
1965 510 413 < 5 --
1964 523 429 5 4,387
1963 483 441 < 5 --
1962 561 412 5 4,401
1961 591 398 < 5 --
1960 678 369 < 5 --
1959 691 361 < 5 --
1958 688 349 < 5 --
1957 758 332 < 5 --
1956 705 328 < 5 --
1955 740 317 < 5 --
1954 707 317 < 5 --
1953 719 308 < 5 --
1952 661 314 < 5 --
1951 515 352 < 5 --
1950 463 373 < 5 --
1949 441 374 < 5 --
1948 433 381 < 5 --
1947 475 368 < 5 --
1946 426 366 < 5 --
1945 427 332 < 5 --
1944 388 350 < 5 --
1943 441 337 < 5 --
1942 518 302 7 3,099
1941 464 298 < 5 --
1940 416 312 < 5 --
1939 367 326 < 5 --
1938 330 358 < 5 --
1937 313 366 < 5 --
1936 290 372 < 5 --
1935 329 353 < 5 --
1934 309 359 < 5 --
1933 324 348 < 5 --
1932 386 324 < 5 --
1931 390 322 < 5 --
1930 328 374 < 5 --
1929 296 392 < 5 --
1928 348 369 < 5 --
1927 320 382 < 5 --
1926 295 399 < 5 --
1925 334 376 < 5 --
1924 304 394 < 5 --
1923 364 346 < 5 --
1922 249 421 < 5 --
1921 277 407 < 5 --
1920 234 437 < 5 --
1919 222 442 < 5 --
1918 218 454 < 5 --
1917 211 441 < 5 --
1916 218 426 < 5 --
1915 204 426 < 5 --
1914 135 472 < 5 --
1913 109 488 < 5 --
1912 104 468 < 5 --
1911 85 441 < 5 --
1910 51 580 < 5 --
1909 51 533 < 5 --
1908 41 586 < 5 --
1907 41 576 < 5 --
1906 38 574 < 5 --
1905 31 635 < 5 --
1904 38 541 < 5 --
1903 31 593 < 5 --
1902 26 662 < 5 --
1901 26 623 < 5 --
1900 30 650 < 5 --
1899 21 692 < 5 --
1898 28 614 < 5 --
1897 24 637 < 5 --
1896 20 719 < 5 --
1895 19 734 < 5 --
1894 14 830 < 5 --
1893 17 730 < 5 --
1892 12 883 < 5 --
1891 8 1,058 < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 5 1,400 < 5 --
1888 6 1,223 < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 6 998 < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.