Feminine dossier · first seen 1885

Lorna

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

Endangered Down 93.4% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

758

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1885Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

93.4%

2024

All-time

28,475

Lorna once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 758 girls were named Lorna.

In 2024, only 50 girls were given the name.

Down 93.4% from its peak.

All told, about 28,475 Americans have been named Lorna and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1885.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.4% from peak

1957758 girls named Lorna

202450 girls named Lorna

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