Lorn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lorn

The Social Security Administration has registered 805 babies named Lorn between 1900 and 2003, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lorn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lorn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Lorn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lorn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lorn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 805 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.