Lorell — unisex name
305 babies named Lorell in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Lorell was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Lorell in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lorell
The Social Security Administration has registered 305 babies named Lorell between 1914 and 1992, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lorell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Lorell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 42 additional births since 1918.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lorell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lorell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lorell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lorell 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 305 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.
Lorell at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lorell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1914
- Peak year (1920)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
305 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 12 births in a single year.
Lorell popularity over time — boys
42 total births recorded since 1918 (Lorell as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Lorell accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lorell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 62 births that decade — 20% of Lorell's all-time total
Lorell decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lorell's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Lorell by state
Where Lorell concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 305 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1914–1992 (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.