Girls' name · since 1917
Lorrie
Lorrie has 17,342 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1961 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,164 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,029 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,342
- born since 1917
- 1960s
- peak decade
17,342 babies have been named Lorrie since 1917, making it today's #12029 girls' name.
Lorrie has 17,342 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12029 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #1,164 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,029 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 17,342 born since 1917
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lorrie ranks #1,164 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,029 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 17,342 born since 1917, peaking in the 1960s.
- #1,164 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,029 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,342
- born since 1917
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lorrie's 17,342 recorded births place it above 98.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lorrie compares
17,342 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lorrie's all-time total is 46x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lorrie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17,342 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,057 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lorrie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lorrie's full recorded timeline at 1972, 18% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 82% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1961 peak of 1,057 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lorrie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1961)
- 1,057
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Lorrie popularity over time - boys
88 total births recorded since 1921 (Lorrie as boys' name)
Lorrie by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (8,235 births, 47% of the file).
1960s was Lorrie's strongest decade.
8,235 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Lorrie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 8
1910s
8 births
- 1920s 71
1920s
71 births
- 1930s 80
1930s
80 births
- 1940s 453
1940s
453 births
- 1950s
1950s
4,335 births
- 1960s
1960s
8,235 births
- 1970s 3,063
1970s
3,063 births
- 1980s 596
1980s
596 births
- 1990s 328
1990s
328 births
- 2000s 74
2000s
74 births
- 2010s 49
2010s
49 births
- 2020s 50
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 8,235 births (47% of all-time use).
How Lorrie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lorrie's total volume
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 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 945 | 5.4% |
| #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 17,342 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Lorrie appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lorrie's data
- Lorrie's decade-level peak was the 1960s (8,235 total births); usage has since declined to 50 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Lorries (1,826 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lorrie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Lorrie 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.