Girls' name · since 1920
Lorah
97 babies named Lorah in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,462 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 97
- born since 1920
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lorah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 97 have been recorded since 1920.
Social Security Administration records show Lorah recorded 97 times among girls since 1920, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2017.
- #27,462 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 97 born since 1920
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lorah ranks #27,462 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 97 born since 1920, peaking in the 1980s.
- #27,462 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 97
- born since 1920
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lorah's 97 recorded births place it above 61.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lorah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lorah splits its recorded history at 1986: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lorah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2017
- Peak year (1985)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 98 years of records
Lorah by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (26 births, 27% of the file).
1980s was Lorah's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Lorah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 26 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Lorah's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 2010s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lorah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~97 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1920–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lorah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.