Girls' name · since 1945
Loralyn
Since 1945, U.S. Social Security records show 368 babies named Loralyn, peaking in 1965. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,220 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 368
- born since 1945
- 1960s
- peak decade
368 girls have been named Loralyn since 1945, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Loralyn has 368 recorded births among girls since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2019.
- #14,220 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 368 born since 1945
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loralyn ranks #14,220 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 368 born since 1945, peaking in the 1960s.
- #14,220 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 368
- born since 1945
- 1960s
- peak decade
Loralyn's 368 recorded births place it above 80.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Loralyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Loralyn's SSA record in two at 1965 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1945, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1965 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Loralyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2019
- Peak year (1965)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Loralyn by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (139 births, 38% of the file).
1960s was Loralyn's strongest decade.
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Loralyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 22
1940s
22 births
- 1950s
1950s
120 births
- 1960s
1960s
139 births
- 1970s 38
1970s
38 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 139 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Loralyn's data
- Loralyn's decade-level peak was the 1960s (139 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Loralyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1945–2019 (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 Loralyn 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.