How Many People Are Named Lorna?
people named Lorna are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 20,014 people in the US has this name
Based on 28,557 babies named Lorna in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
758 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Created by the author R. D. Blackmore for the title character in his novel 'Lorna Doone' (1869), set in southern England, which describes the dangerous love between John Ridd and Lorna Doone. Blackmore may have based the name on the Scottish place name Lorne or on the title 'Marquis of Lorne' (see LORNE).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lorna (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lorna alive today is about 62 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lorna first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1957, to 758 babies. In 2025, 56 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lorna has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #298, in 1941. In 2025 it ranked #2,980.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,980 |
| Best rank | #298 (1941) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #330 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lorna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lorna were born in California than in any other state: about 2,104 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lorna was given 7.2 times as often in Hawaii, 4.8 times in Utah and 3.1 times in Idaho.
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