first name
LORENA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 61,919 people named Lorena, 83.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 11.7% as White and 1.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lorena peaked in 1980, when 835 babies got the name.
At least 45,179 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lorena by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #412. The largest share of babies named Lorena, 24.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lorena is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lorena has been most common in California (3.3×), Texas (2.5×), and New Mexico (2.2×), and least common in Maryland (0.07×).
35,811 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lorena
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lorena, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lorena ranks #93,282 of 156,621, with 211 people. See Lorena as a last name
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