Lorene
Lorene was given to 17 girls in 2025, #6,714 among girls’ names; 39,492 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,400 Americans named Lorene and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 70 years old and half are between 60 and 81.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lorene by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lorene mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lorene is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lorene?
#6,714 among girls’ names, 2025
Lorene rose from #7,142 in 2015 to #6,714 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 9.5 to 10.6 per million.
1,360 babies in 1920, the peak
Lorene peaked in 1920, when 1,360 babies were given it (1,353 girls, #167 among girls’ names). The 17 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,714 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,542 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 20 | #6,082 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,602 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 16 | #7,131 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,514 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,723 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,603 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,677 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,724 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | #7,142 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,916 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,155 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,653 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 11 | #10,132 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 22 | #6,088 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,959 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,257 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,939 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,502 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,227 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,474 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,754 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,589 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,748 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,125 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,344 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,313 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,768 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,331 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,293 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,572 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 39 | #3,016 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 35 | #3,240 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,882 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,190 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,838 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,832 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,944 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 48 | #2,184 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 40 | #2,464 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 48 | #2,099 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,894 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,889 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,898 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,996 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 78 | #1,510 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,762 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,646 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 78 | #1,377 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,698 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 88 | #1,248 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 75 | #1,346 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 109 | #1,060 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 125 | #1,002 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 153 | #872 | 0.09 |
| 1969 | 176 | #765 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 128 | #915 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 176 | #737 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 196 | #698 | 0.12 |
| 1965 | 216 | #670 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 264 | #622 | 0.14 |
| 1963 | 266 | #620 | 0.14 |
| 1962 | 276 | #602 | 0.14 |
| 1961 | 308 | #571 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 303 | #564 | 0.15 |
| 1959 | 343 | #525 | 0.17 |
| 1958 | 304 | #561 | 0.15 |
| 1957 | 331 | #525 | 0.16 |
| 1956 | 350 | #500 | 0.17 |
| 1955 | 369 | #473 | 0.19 |
| 1954 | 432 | #416 | 0.22 |
| 1953 | 313 | #491 | 0.17 |
| 1952 | 305 | #481 | 0.16 |
| 1951 | 315 | #469 | 0.17 |
| 1950 | 306 | #465 | 0.18 |
| 1949 | 320 | #445 | 0.19 |
| 1948 | 371 | #410 | 0.22 |
| 1947 | 407 | #402 | 0.23 |
| 1946 | 356 | #406 | 0.23 |
| 1945 | 361 | #370 | 0.28 |
| 1944 | 370 | #361 | 0.28 |
| 1943 | 408 | #352 | 0.29 |
| 1942 | 429 | #336 | 0.32 |
| 1941 | 439 | #312 | 0.36 |
| 1940 | 445 | #298 | 0.39 |
| 1939 | 473 | #287 | 0.43 |
| 1938 | 516 | #278 | 0.47 |
| 1937 | 527 | #273 | 0.50 |
| 1936 | 518 | #267 | 0.50 |
| 1935 | 545 | #262 | 0.52 |
| 1934 | 631 | #249 | 0.60 |
| 1933 | 616 | #243 | 0.61 |
| 1932 | 761 | #221 | 0.71 |
| 1931 | 737 | #226 | 0.69 |
| 1930 | 856 | #211 | 0.76 |
| 1929 | 853 | #213 | 0.76 |
| 1928 | 929 | #207 | 0.81 |
| 1927 | 994 | #202 | 0.83 |
| 1926 | 1,018 | #195 | 0.86 |
| 1925 | 1,151 | #188 | 0.95 |
| 1924 | 1,173 | #188 | 0.94 |
| 1923 | 1,227 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1922 | 1,241 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1921 | 1,304 | #172 | 1.1 |
| 1920 | 1,353 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1919 | 1,300 | #168 | 1.2 |
| 1918 | 1,238 | #173 | 1.1 |
| 1917 | 1,062 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1916 | 1,043 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1915 | 940 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1914 | 722 | #185 | 0.95 |
| 1913 | 559 | #195 | 0.90 |
| 1912 | 500 | #196 | 0.90 |
| 1911 | 380 | #188 | 0.91 |
| 1910 | 290 | #223 | 0.73 |
| 1909 | 274 | #209 | 0.79 |
| 1908 | 218 | #229 | 0.65 |
| 1907 | 199 | #236 | 0.62 |
| 1906 | 195 | #224 | 0.66 |
| 1905 | 171 | #246 | 0.59 |
| 1904 | 133 | #275 | 0.48 |
| 1903 | 116 | #291 | 0.44 |
| 1902 | 137 | #267 | 0.52 |
| 1901 | 106 | #295 | 0.44 |
| 1900 | 104 | #333 | 0.35 |
| 1899 | 65 | #363 | 0.28 |
| 1898 | 75 | #363 | 0.29 |
| 1897 | 64 | #368 | 0.27 |
| 1896 | 44 | #438 | 0.18 |
| 1895 | 51 | #395 | 0.22 |
| 1894 | 42 | #434 | 0.19 |
| 1893 | 30 | #507 | 0.14 |
| 1892 | 16 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 22 | #566 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 26 | #516 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 25 | #504 | 0.14 |
| 1888 | 11 | #820 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 9 | #828 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,204 | 0.03 |
| 1884 | 6 | #984 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 5 | #989 | 0.04 |
| 1880 | 5 | #892 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lorene a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lorene has been given almost only to girls: 113 boys in 143 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lorene: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lorene, and how old are they?
10,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 26% of the 39,492 Americans ever recorded as Lorene. The median Lorene alive today is 70 years old; half are between 60 and 81.
The 2020 Census counted 11,880 people named Lorene (11,843 women and girls, 37 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 13,335 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,580 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,680 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 621 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 363 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 239 |
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 Lorene born?
The states with the most babies named Lorene are Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Oklahoma and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,456 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Oklahoma | 2,822 | not ranked | 3.8× |
| Alabama | 2,264 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Arkansas | 2,203 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Missouri | 1,964 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Tennessee | 1,858 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Kentucky | 1,815 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Illinois | 1,629 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 1,573 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| California | 1,479 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Lorene is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lorene is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 3.8 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 Lorene 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 143,526 babies since 1880, Lorene is the second most given (28% of them). In 2025 it was given to 17 of their 279 babies (6.1%), the fourth most given that year.
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 Lorene
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 Lorene and names like it
- Compare Lorene and LorenaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLorene peaked in 1920.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lorene since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Lorene.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lorene alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.