Lorri — girls' name
8,022 babies named Lorri in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Lorri was born in this single decade.
676 babies were named Lorri in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lorri
The Social Security Administration has registered 8,022 babies named Lorri between 1942 and 1996, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lorri currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 676 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lorri performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 4,564 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lorri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 811 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Lorri in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lorri 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 8,022 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.
Lorri at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lorri popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1942
- Peak year (1961)
- 676
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
8,022 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 676 births in a single year.
Lorri by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 4,564 births that decade — 57% of Lorri's all-time total
Lorri decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,564 births
- Runner-up 1,964 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lorri's strongest decade
4,564 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Lorri by state
Where Lorri concentrates geographically — total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 811 | 10.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 464 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 462 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 420 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 368 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 367 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Texas | | 324 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 242 | 3.0% |
811 of 8,022 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.1% of nationwide
- New York 5.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 5.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 47 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lorri appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1942–1996 (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.