How Many People Are Named Lori?
people named Lori are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,118 people in the US has this name
Based on 342,764 babies named Lori in Social Security records from 1924 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
23,947 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of LAURA or LORRAINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lori in English. Counting Lori and these spellings together, about 347,103 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lori (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lori alive today is about 57 years old, and 50% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lori first appears in the records in 1924 and was given most often in 1963, to 23,947 babies. In 2025, 118 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1924 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lori reached #8 among girls' names in 1963, and was in the top 10 in 1963. In 2025 it ranked #1,726.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,726 |
| Best rank | #8 (1963) |
| Years in the top 10 | 1 |
| Years in the top 100 | 28 (1955 to 1982) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #15 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lori alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lori were born in California than in any other state: about 26,871 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lori was given 2.2 times as often in South Dakota, 2 times in North Dakota and 1.9 times in Iowa.
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