Lorie
Lorie was given to 8 girls in 2025, #11,507 among girls’ names; 22,068 Americans have been recorded with it since 1908 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 19,200 Americans named Lorie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 60 years old and half are between 54 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lorie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lorie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lorie is “a less common spelling of Laurie, diminutive of the female given name Laura.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lorie?
#11,507 among girls’ names, 2025
Lorie fell from #11,477 in 2015 to #11,507 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born held at 5.0 per million.
1,311 babies in 1963, the peak
Lorie peaked in 1963, when 1,311 babies were given it (1,306 girls, #241 among girls’ names). The 8 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,507 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,726 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 11 | #9,350 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,603 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,299 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,703 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 9 | #11,006 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 10 | #10,253 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,112 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 17 | #7,096 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | #11,477 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,543 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 15 | #8,008 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,095 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,490 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,383 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,712 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,258 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,708 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 18 | #7,025 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 20 | #6,147 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 20 | #6,116 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,946 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,590 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,833 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,413 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,795 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,314 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,603 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,779 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,165 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,489 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 39 | #3,017 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 48 | #2,591 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,527 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 49 | #2,471 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 67 | #1,931 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,110 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 72 | #1,691 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 94 | #1,375 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 106 | #1,273 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 124 | #1,115 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 140 | #1,012 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 192 | #820 | 0.11 |
| 1981 | 187 | #837 | 0.11 |
| 1980 | 228 | #730 | 0.14 |
| 1979 | 269 | #649 | 0.17 |
| 1978 | 268 | #627 | 0.17 |
| 1977 | 332 | #541 | 0.22 |
| 1976 | 391 | #474 | 0.27 |
| 1975 | 486 | #415 | 0.33 |
| 1974 | 576 | #372 | 0.39 |
| 1973 | 659 | #335 | 0.45 |
| 1972 | 682 | #336 | 0.45 |
| 1971 | 796 | #329 | 0.48 |
| 1970 | 833 | #322 | 0.48 |
| 1969 | 965 | #290 | 0.57 |
| 1968 | 866 | #299 | 0.53 |
| 1967 | 893 | #285 | 0.54 |
| 1966 | 956 | #272 | 0.56 |
| 1965 | 1,030 | #269 | 0.58 |
| 1964 | 1,113 | #269 | 0.59 |
| 1963 | 1,306 | #241 | 0.68 |
| 1962 | 1,257 | #251 | 0.64 |
| 1961 | 1,218 | #253 | 0.60 |
| 1960 | 1,015 | #287 | 0.50 |
| 1959 | 660 | #372 | 0.33 |
| 1958 | 604 | #371 | 0.30 |
| 1957 | 542 | #392 | 0.27 |
| 1956 | 431 | #440 | 0.21 |
| 1955 | 348 | #484 | 0.18 |
| 1954 | 313 | #498 | 0.16 |
| 1953 | 222 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1952 | 160 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 109 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 77 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 60 | #1,179 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 46 | #1,365 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,276 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,330 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,776 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,507 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,774 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,835 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,478 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,066 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,510 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,914 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,262 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,998 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,057 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 9 | #3,058 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,793 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,678 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,518 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,891 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 7 | #4,005 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,790 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,418 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,867 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,896 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,835 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,883 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,563 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,492 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,585 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,695 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,639 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,435 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 6 | #4,047 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,948 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,524 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,619 | 0.01 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,302 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lorie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lorie has been given almost only to girls: 104 boys in 114 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lorie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lorie, and how old are they?
19,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 22,068 Americans ever recorded as Lorie. The median Lorie alive today is 60 years old; half are between 54 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 19,014 people named Lorie (18,929 women and girls, 85 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 19,963 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 97 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 8,020 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 9,420 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,270 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 293 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 144 |
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 Lorie born?
The states with the most babies named Lorie are California, Pennsylvania and Texas, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,116 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,255 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Texas | 1,245 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 1,205 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 1,202 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 1,098 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 864 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 758 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Indiana | 587 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 545 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Lorie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lorie is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.6 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 Lorie 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 450,233 babies since 1880, Lorie is the third most given (4.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 8 of their 191 babies (4.2%), again the third 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 Lorie
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 Lorie and names like it
- Compare Lorie and LoriBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sLorie peaked in 1963.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lorie since 1910.
- The top names of 1963The year the most babies were named Lorie.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Lorie alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with LMost given first.