Lorinda
Lorinda was given to 6 girls in 2025, #14,225 among girls’ names; 4,682 Americans have been recorded with it since 1886 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,790 Americans named Lorinda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 51 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lorinda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lorinda mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lorinda is “a female given name from Latin.”
A spelling variant of Laurinda.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lorinda?
#14,225 among girls’ names, 2025
Lorinda rose from #18,057 in 2015 to #14,225 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 2.8 to 3.7 per million.
168 babies in 1965, the peak
Lorinda peaked in 1965, when 168 girls were given it, #765 among girls’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,225 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,908 | 4.4 |
| 2017 | 6 | #15,190 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,759 | 4.0 |
| 2015 | 5 | #18,057 | 2.8 |
| 2013 | 7 | #14,046 | 4.0 |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,431 | 2.8 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,717 | 2.8 |
| 2009 | 5 | #19,023 | 2.7 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,081 | 2.7 |
Every recorded year (110)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8 | #12,290 | 4.4 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,946 | 4.4 |
| 2002 | 13 | #8,102 | 7.2 |
| 2001 | 11 | #9,107 | 6.1 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,355 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,825 | 2.8 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,332 | 6.2 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,477 | 5.2 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,973 | 7.4 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,844 | 6.3 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,878 | 9.0 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,576 | 9.4 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,886 | 7.1 |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,100 | 10.1 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,606 | 11.1 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,960 | 13.6 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,437 | 15.7 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,808 | 13.2 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,829 | 12.8 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,135 | 16.9 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,195 | 16.0 |
| 1983 | 50 | #2,036 | 29.9 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,202 | 27.2 |
| 1981 | 53 | #2,000 | 31.8 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,629 | 42.8 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,963 | 33.0 |
| 1978 | 67 | #1,607 | 43.7 |
| 1977 | 76 | #1,457 | 49.6 |
| 1976 | 79 | #1,365 | 53.9 |
| 1975 | 102 | #1,142 | 70.0 |
| 1974 | 93 | #1,202 | 63.4 |
| 1973 | 107 | #1,081 | 73.4 |
| 1972 | 100 | #1,113 | 65.7 |
| 1971 | 149 | #893 | 89.6 |
| 1970 | 147 | #899 | 84.1 |
| 1969 | 165 | #802 | 97.8 |
| 1968 | 138 | #877 | 84.1 |
| 1967 | 129 | #903 | 78.1 |
| 1966 | 127 | #895 | 75.1 |
| 1965 | 168 | #765 | 95.2 |
| 1964 | 146 | #863 | 77.1 |
| 1963 | 165 | #809 | 85.6 |
| 1962 | 159 | #835 | 80.9 |
| 1961 | 130 | #950 | 64.4 |
| 1960 | 116 | #999 | 57.4 |
| 1959 | 110 | #1,008 | 54.4 |
| 1958 | 138 | #868 | 68.6 |
| 1957 | 123 | #929 | 60.2 |
| 1956 | 120 | #924 | 59.8 |
| 1955 | 104 | #980 | 53.2 |
| 1954 | 81 | #1,097 | 41.7 |
| 1953 | 82 | #1,065 | 43.6 |
| 1952 | 68 | #1,151 | 36.7 |
| 1951 | 83 | #1,025 | 46.1 |
| 1950 | 64 | #1,157 | 37.4 |
| 1949 | 58 | #1,196 | 33.9 |
| 1948 | 64 | #1,120 | 37.7 |
| 1947 | 56 | #1,213 | 31.6 |
| 1946 | 53 | #1,183 | 33.7 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,531 | 22.2 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,640 | 19.6 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,733 | 17.9 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,739 | 17.8 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,676 | 19.0 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,821 | 17.5 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,511 | 10.9 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,179 | 13.6 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,651 | 10.3 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,575 | 6.7 |
| 1935 | 9 | #3,060 | 8.6 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,194 | 5.6 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,219 | 8.0 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,361 | 5.4 |
| 1928 | 7 | #4,006 | 6.1 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,587 | 5.0 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,760 | 6.7 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,449 | 4.1 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,610 | 11.2 |
| 1923 | 11 | #3,035 | 9.1 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,812 | 4.9 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,327 | 13.4 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,560 | 5.3 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,161 | 14.7 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,791 | 10.2 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,584 | 11.5 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,474 | 12.2 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,075 | 15.8 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,450 | 12.8 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,620 | 12.6 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,395 | 14.4 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,243 | 15.7 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,105 | 16.9 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,136 | 41.1 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,580 | 25.4 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,581 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,849 | 20.0 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,503 | 25.2 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,371 | 28.3 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,437 | 27.0 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,051 | 41.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lorinda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lorinda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 110 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lorinda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lorinda, and how old are they?
3,790 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 4,682 Americans ever recorded as Lorinda. The median Lorinda alive today is 59 years old; half are between 51 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 3,957 people named Lorinda (3,950 women and girls, 7 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,982 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 94 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,540 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,630 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 92 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 38 |
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 Lorinda born?
The states with the most babies named Lorinda are California, New York and Texas, with 46% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 497 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| New York | 198 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 186 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 153 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 140 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Washington | 109 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Michigan | 105 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Indiana | 97 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Minnesota | 40 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Arizona | 36 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Lorinda is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lorinda is most over-represented in Washington: since 1910 it was given 1.4 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 Lorinda 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 4 names spelled alike, given to 5,713 babies since 1880, Lorinda is the most given (82% of them).
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 Lorinda
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 Lorinda and names like it
- Compare Lorinda and LorendaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sLorinda peaked in 1965.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lorinda since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Lorinda: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1965The year the most babies were named Lorinda.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Lorinda alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with LMost given first.