Lorita
Lorita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194443 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1902
- 1,748people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,748 girls have been named Lorita in the United States since 1902, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1944, with 43 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 43 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1950s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lorita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 68 | |
| 1920s | 168 | |
| 1930s | 287 | |
| 1940s | 310 | |
| 1950s | 332 | |
| 1960s | 306 | |
| 1970s | 184 | |
| 1980s | 63 | |
| 1990s | 18 |
In 1944, its biggest year
Lorita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1944 were Mary, Barbara, Linda, Patricia and Carol. See all of 1944.
Names that rose and fell with Lorita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lorethapeak 1954
- Conchitapeak 1962
- Lanellpeak 1957
- Twillapeak 1962
- Lorrettapeak 1957
- Marnapeak 1947
- Joyepeak 1932
- Madonnapeak 1954
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.