Lorne
Lorne is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 561st, in 1966.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1966186 births
- Best rank
- #561in 1966
- Since 1903
- 4,297people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,297 boys have been named Lorne in the United States since 1903, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1966, with 186 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 186 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1960s alone account for 34%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lorne | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 20 | |
| 1910s | 168 | |
| 1920s | 289 | |
| 1930s | 249 | |
| 1940s | 235 | |
| 1950s | 243 | |
| 1960s | 1,441 | |
| 1970s | 660 | |
| 1980s | 473 | |
| 1990s | 258 | |
| 2000s | 134 | |
| 2010s | 94 | |
| 2020s | 33 |
In 1966, its biggest year
Lorne was the 561st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1966 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1966.
Names that rose and fell with Lorne
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tonypeak 1961
- Pernellpeak 1964
- Troypeak 1970
- Rodericpeak 1965
- Reginaldpeak 1962
- Dinopeak 1960
- Roderickpeak 1971
- Kiethpeak 1964
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.