Girls' name · since 1915
Lorma
Lorma has 70 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1925 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lorma sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 70 recorded since 1915.
Lorma has 70 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1941.
- #31,137 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 70 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lorma ranks #31,137 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #31,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lorma's 70 recorded births place it above 56.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
Lorma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lorma's full recorded timeline at 1925, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1925 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lorma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1941
- Peak year (1925)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Lorma by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (30 births, 43% of the file).
1920s was Lorma's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Lorma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
19 births
- 1920s
1920s
30 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 30 births (43% of all-time use).
Lorma by state
Where Lorma concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 7.1% |
5 of 70 births nationwide.
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- Lorma's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 1940s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Pennsylvania records the most Lormas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lorma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1915–1941 (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 Lorma 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.