Lorrene — girls' name
556 babies named Lorrene in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Lorrene was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Lorrene in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lorrene
The Social Security Administration has registered 556 babies named Lorrene between 1914 and 1971, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lorrene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lorrene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lorrene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lorrene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lorrene 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 556 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.
Lorrene at a glance
Last recorded 1971Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lorrene popularity over time
- Peak year (1923)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1971.
556 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 20 births in a single year.
Lorrene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 128 births that decade — 23% of Lorrene's all-time total
Lorrene decade highlights
- Peak decade 128 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lorrene's strongest decade
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Lorrene by state
Where Lorrene concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 556 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.