Girls' name · since 1978
Loribeth
130 babies named Loribeth in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,267 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 130
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Loribeth sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 130 recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Loribeth recorded 130 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2000.
- #24,267 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 130 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loribeth ranks #24,267 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 130 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,267 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 130
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Loribeth's 130 recorded births place it above 66.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Loribeth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Loribeth's full recorded timeline at 1985, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Loribeth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2000
- Peak year (1980)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Loribeth by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (104 births, 80% of the file).
1980s was Loribeth's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Loribeth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
104 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 104 births (80% of all-time use).
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What to do with Loribeth's data
- Loribeth's decade-level peak was the 1980s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Loribeth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Loribeth draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.