Loraina — #9698 US girls' name
198 babies named Loraina in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Loraina was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Loraina in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Loraina
The Social Security Administration has registered 198 babies named Loraina between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Loraina currently holds the #9698 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Loraina performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Loraina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Loraina in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 198 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Loraina at a glance
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Current rank
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Loraina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2018)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #9698 among girls.
198 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 12 births in a single year.
Loraina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 64 births that decade — 32% of Loraina's all-time total
Loraina decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Loraina's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.