Lorey — girls' name
265 babies named Lorey in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Lorey was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Lorey in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lorey
The Social Security Administration has registered 265 babies named Lorey between 1944 and 1984, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lorey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lorey performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lorey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lorey 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 265 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.
Lorey at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lorey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1944
- Peak year (1962)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
265 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 20 births in a single year.
Lorey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 131 births that decade — 49% of Lorey's all-time total
Lorey decade highlights
- Peak decade 131 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lorey's strongest decade
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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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, 1944–1984 (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.