Lorena
Lorena is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 181 births. Its best rank was 233rd, in 1899.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1810.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1980820 births
- Best rank
- #233in 1899
- Since 1880
- 44,781people given the name
The story in the numbers
44,781 girls have been named Lorena in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 820 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1990s alone account for 15%. It has spent 131 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lorena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 508 | |
| 1890s | 1,070 | |
| 1900s | 1,522 | |
| 1910s | 3,242 | |
| 1920s | 3,272 | |
| 1930s | 1,841 | |
| 1940s | 1,552 | |
| 1950s | 1,655 | |
| 1960s | 3,534 | |
| 1970s | 5,860 | |
| 1980s | 6,558 | |
| 1990s | 6,834 | |
| 2000s | 4,437 | |
| 2010s | 2,014 | |
| 2020s | 882 |
In 1980, its biggest year
Lorena was the 302nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Lorena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elizabethpeak 1990
- Katherinepeak 1990
- Tressapeak 1971
- Corinnepeak 1978
- Johannapeak 1984
- Katharinepeak 1982
- Claribelpeak 1984
- Ninapeak 1980
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.