Lorena
Lorena was given to 173 girls in 2025, #1,293 among girls’ names; 45,179 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 31,900 Americans named Lorena and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 40 years old and half are between 27 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lorena by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lorena mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lorena is “a female given name from Italian.”
From Italian and Spanish, by folk etymology associated with Laura. Henry Webster’s title for his song was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s Lenore.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lorena?
#1,293 among girls’ names, 2025
Lorena fell from #1,273 in 2015 to #1,293 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born held at 0.11 per 1,000.
835 babies in 1980, the peak
Lorena peaked in 1980, when 835 babies were given it (820 girls, #302 among girls’ names). The 173 births of 2025 are 21% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 173 | #1,293 | 0.11 |
| 2024 | 182 | #1,276 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 179 | #1,285 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | 188 | #1,275 | 0.11 |
| 2021 | 161 | #1,373 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 175 | #1,276 | 0.11 |
| 2019 | 180 | #1,285 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 203 | #1,184 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 169 | #1,370 | 0.10 |
| 2016 | 198 | #1,233 | 0.11 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 192 | #1,273 | 0.11 |
| 2014 | 201 | #1,217 | 0.11 |
| 2013 | 198 | #1,216 | 0.11 |
| 2012 | 188 | #1,277 | 0.11 |
| 2011 | 223 | #1,107 | 0.13 |
| 2010 | 263 | #972 | 0.15 |
| 2009 | 285 | #940 | 0.16 |
| 2008 | 409 | #728 | 0.22 |
| 2007 | 385 | #760 | 0.20 |
| 2006 | 405 | #702 | 0.21 |
| 2005 | 488 | #584 | 0.26 |
| 2004 | 468 | #598 | 0.25 |
| 2003 | 490 | #571 | 0.27 |
| 2002 | 538 | #510 | 0.30 |
| 2001 | 459 | #566 | 0.25 |
| 2000 | 510 | #518 | 0.28 |
| 1999 | 554 | #475 | 0.31 |
| 1998 | 581 | #445 | 0.33 |
| 1997 | 667 | #391 | 0.38 |
| 1996 | 801 | #348 | 0.46 |
| 1995 | 658 | #399 | 0.37 |
| 1994 | 756 | #349 | 0.42 |
| 1993 | 668 | #381 | 0.37 |
| 1992 | 715 | #359 | 0.39 |
| 1991 | 746 | #346 | 0.40 |
| 1990 | 690 | #382 | 0.36 |
| 1989 | 591 | #420 | 0.32 |
| 1988 | 520 | #438 | 0.29 |
| 1987 | 588 | #390 | 0.34 |
| 1986 | 662 | #360 | 0.39 |
| 1985 | 740 | #322 | 0.43 |
| 1984 | 647 | #357 | 0.38 |
| 1983 | 611 | #369 | 0.37 |
| 1982 | 653 | #358 | 0.39 |
| 1981 | 726 | #325 | 0.44 |
| 1980 | 820 | #302 | 0.49 |
| 1979 | 647 | #355 | 0.40 |
| 1978 | 577 | #369 | 0.38 |
| 1977 | 577 | #371 | 0.38 |
| 1976 | 607 | #353 | 0.41 |
| 1975 | 622 | #348 | 0.43 |
| 1974 | 640 | #341 | 0.44 |
| 1973 | 598 | #354 | 0.41 |
| 1972 | 520 | #395 | 0.34 |
| 1971 | 555 | #393 | 0.33 |
| 1970 | 517 | #428 | 0.30 |
| 1969 | 453 | #454 | 0.27 |
| 1968 | 429 | #464 | 0.26 |
| 1967 | 409 | #468 | 0.25 |
| 1966 | 353 | #499 | 0.21 |
| 1965 | 344 | #514 | 0.19 |
| 1964 | 337 | #538 | 0.18 |
| 1963 | 326 | #536 | 0.17 |
| 1962 | 306 | #562 | 0.16 |
| 1961 | 299 | #582 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 278 | #596 | 0.14 |
| 1959 | 218 | #680 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 192 | #712 | 0.10 |
| 1957 | 194 | #716 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 171 | #742 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 169 | #730 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 169 | #709 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 130 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 143 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 133 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 136 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1949 | 147 | #699 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 142 | #702 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 168 | #640 | 0.09 |
| 1946 | 139 | #678 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 153 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1944 | 147 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1943 | 157 | #601 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 165 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1941 | 171 | #538 | 0.14 |
| 1940 | 163 | #537 | 0.14 |
| 1939 | 163 | #524 | 0.15 |
| 1938 | 181 | #495 | 0.16 |
| 1937 | 196 | #469 | 0.18 |
| 1936 | 161 | #517 | 0.15 |
| 1935 | 182 | #472 | 0.17 |
| 1934 | 193 | #465 | 0.18 |
| 1933 | 175 | #482 | 0.17 |
| 1932 | 199 | #463 | 0.19 |
| 1931 | 177 | #484 | 0.17 |
| 1930 | 214 | #460 | 0.19 |
| 1929 | 249 | #423 | 0.22 |
| 1928 | 259 | #422 | 0.22 |
| 1927 | 258 | #430 | 0.22 |
| 1926 | 266 | #418 | 0.22 |
| 1925 | 318 | #382 | 0.26 |
| 1924 | 349 | #367 | 0.28 |
| 1923 | 343 | #357 | 0.28 |
| 1922 | 367 | #338 | 0.31 |
| 1921 | 423 | #319 | 0.34 |
| 1920 | 440 | #311 | 0.37 |
| 1919 | 402 | #315 | 0.36 |
| 1918 | 397 | #321 | 0.34 |
| 1917 | 436 | #296 | 0.40 |
| 1916 | 391 | #304 | 0.37 |
| 1915 | 395 | #290 | 0.40 |
| 1914 | 328 | #290 | 0.43 |
| 1913 | 259 | #294 | 0.41 |
| 1912 | 238 | #295 | 0.43 |
| 1911 | 184 | #290 | 0.44 |
| 1910 | 212 | #265 | 0.53 |
| 1909 | 169 | #277 | 0.49 |
| 1908 | 152 | #286 | 0.45 |
| 1907 | 178 | #258 | 0.56 |
| 1906 | 141 | #279 | 0.48 |
| 1905 | 145 | #274 | 0.50 |
| 1904 | 140 | #265 | 0.51 |
| 1903 | 143 | #259 | 0.55 |
| 1902 | 146 | #258 | 0.55 |
| 1901 | 130 | #254 | 0.54 |
| 1900 | 178 | #240 | 0.59 |
| 1899 | 140 | #233 | 0.60 |
| 1898 | 129 | #267 | 0.50 |
| 1897 | 117 | #263 | 0.50 |
| 1896 | 118 | #266 | 0.50 |
| 1895 | 111 | #265 | 0.48 |
| 1894 | 106 | #269 | 0.48 |
| 1893 | 96 | #274 | 0.45 |
| 1892 | 95 | #274 | 0.45 |
| 1891 | 76 | #289 | 0.41 |
| 1890 | 82 | #277 | 0.43 |
| 1889 | 76 | #274 | 0.43 |
| 1888 | 75 | #268 | 0.42 |
| 1887 | 68 | #254 | 0.47 |
| 1886 | 67 | #253 | 0.46 |
| 1885 | 49 | #286 | 0.37 |
| 1884 | 41 | #303 | 0.32 |
| 1883 | 42 | #275 | 0.37 |
| 1882 | 34 | #304 | 0.32 |
| 1881 | 27 | #306 | 0.29 |
| 1880 | 29 | #291 | 0.32 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lorena a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lorena has been given almost only to girls: 219 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lorena: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lorena, and how old are they?
31,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 45,179 Americans ever recorded as Lorena. The median Lorena alive today is 40 years old; half are between 27 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 61,919 people named Lorena (61,825 women and girls, 94 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 32,207 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 903 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,020 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 8,150 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 10,600 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,830 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,380 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lorena born?
The states with the most babies named Lorena are California, Texas and Illinois, with 58% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 11,899 | #1,074 | 2.8× |
| Texas | 6,957 | #909 | 2.2× |
| Illinois | 1,896 | #1,190 | 0.9× |
| New York | 1,422 | #2,272 | 0.4× |
| Florida | 1,254 | #666 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 969 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Arizona | 961 | #1,160 | 1.7× |
| Louisiana | 883 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 632 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Kentucky | 623 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Lorena is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lorena is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lorena with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 125,276 babies since 1880, Lorena is the most given (36% of them). In 2025 it was given to 173 of their 267 babies (65%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lorena
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lorena and names like it
- Compare Lorena and LoreneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sLorena peaked in 1980.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lorena since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Lorena: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1980The year the most babies were named Lorena.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Lorena alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with LMost given first.