Lorinda
Lorinda is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 765th, in 1965.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1965168 births
- Best rank
- #765in 1965
- Since 1886
- 4,676people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,676 girls have been named Lorinda in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1965, with 168 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 168 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1960s alone account for 31%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lorinda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 17 | |
| 1900s | 46 | |
| 1910s | 83 | |
| 1920s | 79 | |
| 1930s | 69 | |
| 1940s | 378 | |
| 1950s | 973 | |
| 1960s | 1,443 | |
| 1970s | 973 | |
| 1980s | 374 | |
| 1990s | 135 | |
| 2000s | 58 | |
| 2010s | 35 | |
| 2020s | 7 |
In 1965, its biggest year
Lorinda was the 765th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1965 were Lisa, Mary, Karen, Kimberly and Susan. See all of 1965.
Names that rose and fell with Lorinda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Karinpeak 1970
- Lynnettepeak 1964
- Lanettepeak 1964
- Cheripeak 1960
- Lynettepeak 1965
- Cheriepeak 1970
- Bethpeak 1961
- Lynettapeak 1970
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.