Lorella — girls' name
347 babies named Lorella in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Lorella was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Lorella in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lorella
The Social Security Administration has registered 347 babies named Lorella between 1915 and 1976, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lorella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lorella performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lorella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lorella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lorella 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 347 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.
Lorella at a glance
Last recorded 1976Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lorella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1915
- Peak year (1934)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1976.
347 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 14 births in a single year.
Lorella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 82 births that decade — 24% of Lorella's all-time total
Lorella decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Lorella's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Lorella by state
Where Lorella concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 347 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 1.4% 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, 1915–1976 (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.