Girls' name · since 1979
Lorimar
Lorimar has 28 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,847 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lorimar sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 28 recorded since 1979.
Lorimar has 28 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1986.
- #41,847 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lorimar ranks #41,847 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #41,847 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lorimar's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lorimar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lorimar splits its recorded history at 1985: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lorimar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1986
- Peak year (1980)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Lorimar by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (23 births, 82% of the file).
1980s was Lorimar's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Lorimar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 23 births (82% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lorimar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1979–1986 (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 Lorimar 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.