Lorenda — girls' name
829 babies named Lorenda in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Lorenda was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Lorenda in 1967 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lorenda
The Social Security Administration has registered 829 babies named Lorenda between 1916 and 2007, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lorenda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lorenda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 282 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Lorenda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Lorenda in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lorenda 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 829 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.
Lorenda at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lorenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1916
- Peak year (1967)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 92 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
829 total births across 92 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1967 with 39 births in a single year.
Lorenda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 282 births that decade — 34% of Lorenda's all-time total
Lorenda decade highlights
- Peak decade 282 births
- Runner-up 172 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lorenda's strongest decade
282 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Lorenda by state
Where Lorenda concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
11 of 829 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 1.3% of nationwide
- California 1.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 1.3% 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, 1916–2007 (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.