Lorna is an established girls' name that peaked in 1957 and has since faded.
Lorna is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,980 for girl births in the United States (and #5,239 across all names), given to 56 babies. Lorna was first reported in SSA data in 1885 and peaked in 1957 (758 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | 56 | #2,980 | — |
| 2024 | 50 | 50 | #3,205 | — |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | #3,687 | — |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | #3,802 | — |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | #4,058 | — |
| 2020 | 53 | 53 | #3,048 | — |
| 2019 | 45 | 45 | #3,485 | — |
| 2018 | 37 | 37 | #3,976 | — |
| 2017 | 31 | 31 | #4,543 | — |
| 2016 | 28 | 28 | #4,929 | — |
| 2015 | 36 | 36 | #4,116 | — |
| 2014 | 34 | 34 | #4,322 | — |
| 2013 | 39 | 39 | #3,889 | — |
| 2012 | 47 | 47 | #3,445 | — |
| 2011 | 28 | 28 | #4,997 | — |
| 2010 | 33 | 33 | #4,459 | — |
| 2009 | 38 | 38 | #4,065 | — |
| 2008 | 46 | 46 | #3,560 | — |
| 2007 | 51 | 51 | #3,312 | — |
| 2006 | 67 | 67 | #2,691 | — |
| 2005 | 69 | 69 | #2,515 | — |
| 2004 | 66 | 66 | #2,543 | — |
| 2003 | 81 | 81 | #2,158 | — |
| 2002 | 64 | 69 | #2,485 | — |
| 2001 | 80 | 80 | #2,085 | — |
| 2000 | 69 | 69 | #2,267 | — |
| 1999 | 78 | 78 | #2,010 | — |
| 1998 | 62 | 62 | #2,300 | — |
| 1997 | 62 | — | #2,217 | — |
| 1996 | 87 | — | #1,732 | — |
| 1995 | 70 | — | #1,965 | — |
| 1994 | 79 | — | #1,820 | — |
| 1993 | 92 | — | #1,650 | — |
| 1992 | 77 | — | #1,850 | — |
| 1991 | 72 | — | #1,948 | — |
| 1990 | 68 | — | #2,004 | — |
| 1989 | 82 | — | #1,680 | — |
| 1988 | 77 | — | #1,681 | — |
| 1987 | 80 | — | #1,577 | — |
| 1986 | 116 | — | #1,206 | — |
| 1985 | 112 | — | #1,229 | — |
| 1984 | 108 | — | #1,212 | — |
| 1983 | 91 | — | #1,323 | — |
| 1982 | 76 | — | #1,560 | — |
| 1981 | 93 | — | #1,347 | — |
| 1980 | 84 | — | #1,451 | — |
| 1979 | 80 | — | #1,492 | — |
| 1978 | 97 | — | #1,270 | — |
| 1977 | 99 | — | #1,230 | — |
| 1976 | 104 | — | #1,137 | — |
| 1975 | 133 | — | #949 | — |
| 1974 | 144 | — | #893 | — |
| 1973 | 125 | — | #961 | — |
| 1972 | 173 | — | #793 | — |
| 1971 | 207 | — | #730 | — |
| 1970 | 234 | — | #680 | — |
| 1969 | 295 | — | #574 | — |
| 1968 | 280 | — | #573 | — |
| 1967 | 368 | — | #498 | — |
| 1966 | 365 | — | #494 | #4,303 |
| 1965 | 510 | — | #413 | — |
| 1964 | 529 | — | #429 | #4,395 |
| 1963 | 484 | — | #441 | — |
| 1962 | 566 | — | #412 | #4,409 |
| 1961 | 592 | — | #398 | — |
| 1960 | 678 | — | #369 | — |
| 1959 | 691 | — | #361 | — |
| 1958 | 688 | — | #349 | — |
| 1957 | 758 | — | #332 | — |
| 1956 | 705 | — | #328 | — |
| 1955 | 740 | — | #317 | — |
| 1954 | 707 | — | #317 | — |
| 1953 | 721 | — | #307 | — |
| 1952 | 662 | — | #314 | — |
| 1951 | 514 | — | #353 | — |
| 1950 | 463 | — | #373 | — |
| 1949 | 440 | — | #376 | — |
| 1948 | 432 | — | #382 | — |
| 1947 | 475 | — | #368 | — |
| 1946 | 426 | — | #366 | — |
| 1945 | 428 | — | #332 | — |
| 1944 | 388 | — | #350 | — |
| 1943 | 441 | — | #337 | — |
| 1942 | 525 | — | #302 | #3,099 |
| 1941 | 464 | — | #298 | — |
| 1940 | 416 | — | #312 | — |
| 1939 | 368 | — | #325 | — |
| 1938 | 330 | — | #358 | — |
| 1937 | 313 | — | #366 | — |
| 1936 | 290 | — | #372 | — |
| 1935 | 329 | — | #353 | — |
| 1934 | 309 | — | #359 | — |
| 1933 | 324 | — | #348 | — |
| 1932 | 386 | — | #324 | — |
| 1931 | 390 | — | #323 | — |
| 1930 | 328 | — | #374 | — |
| 1929 | 296 | — | #392 | — |
| 1928 | 348 | — | #368 | — |
| 1927 | 320 | — | #383 | — |
| 1926 | 295 | — | #399 | — |
| 1925 | 334 | — | #376 | — |
| 1924 | 304 | — | #394 | — |
| 1923 | 364 | — | #346 | — |
| 1922 | 249 | — | #421 | — |
| 1921 | 277 | — | #407 | — |
| 1920 | 234 | — | #437 | — |
| 1919 | 222 | — | #442 | — |
| 1918 | 218 | — | #454 | — |
| 1917 | 211 | — | #441 | — |
| 1916 | 218 | — | #426 | — |
| 1915 | 204 | — | #426 | — |
| 1914 | 135 | — | #472 | — |
| 1913 | 109 | — | #488 | — |
| 1912 | 104 | — | #468 | — |
| 1911 | 85 | — | #441 | — |
| 1910 | 51 | — | #580 | — |
| 1909 | 51 | — | #533 | — |
| 1908 | 41 | — | #586 | — |
| 1907 | 41 | — | #576 | — |
| 1906 | 38 | — | #574 | — |
| 1905 | 31 | — | #635 | — |
| 1904 | 38 | — | #541 | — |
| 1903 | 31 | — | #593 | — |
| 1902 | 26 | — | #662 | — |
| 1901 | 26 | — | #623 | — |
| 1900 | 30 | — | #650 | — |
| 1899 | 21 | — | #692 | — |
| 1898 | 28 | — | #614 | — |
| 1897 | 24 | — | #637 | — |
| 1896 | 20 | — | #719 | — |
| 1895 | 19 | — | #734 | — |
| 1894 | 14 | — | #830 | — |
| 1893 | 17 | — | #730 | — |
| 1892 | 12 | — | #883 | — |
| 1891 | 8 | — | #1,058 | — |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #1,400 | — |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #1,223 | — |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #998 | — |