Lorrie — #8451 US girls' name
17,334 babies named Lorrie in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Lorrie was born in this single decade.
1,057 babies were named Lorrie in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lorrie
The Social Security Administration has registered 17,334 babies named Lorrie between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lorrie currently holds the #8451 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 1,057 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lorrie performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 8,235 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lorrie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,826 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Lorrie in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lorrie 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 17,334 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.
Lorrie at a glance
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Lorrie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (1961)
- 1,057
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #8451 among girls.
17,334 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 1,057 births in a single year.
Lorrie popularity over time — boys
88 total births recorded since 1921 (Lorrie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Lorrie accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lorrie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 8,235 births that decade — 48% of Lorrie's all-time total
Lorrie decade highlights
- Peak decade 8,235 births
- Runner-up 4,335 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lorrie's strongest decade
8,235 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Lorrie by state
Where Lorrie concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,826 | 10.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,049 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 945 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 865 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 847 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Texas | | 830 | 4.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 785 | 4.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 459 | 2.6% |
1,826 of 17,334 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.5% of nationwide
- New York 6.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 49 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lorrie appears in 49 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, 1917–2024 (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.