Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Lorena

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lorena
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1980

Peak rank proxy

820

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19802024

Peak year

1980

Decline from peak

77.9%

2024

181

All-time

44,781

Lorena has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1980, when 820 girls were named Lorena.

In 2024, only 181 girls were given the name.

Down 77.9% from its peak.

All told, about 44,781 Americans have been named Lorena and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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