How rare is the name Lorene?

11,880 people in the United States have the first name Lorene, about 1 in 25,424. It ranks #2,211 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LORENE

#2,211

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,880
About
1 in 25,424
This common or more
79%
Who bears it

Of the 11,880 people named Lorene, 73.9% reported their origin as White, 16.9% as Black and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lorene peaked in 1920, when 1,360 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1920
Births that year
1,360
In 2025*
17 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 39,492 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.

Lorene by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #311. The largest share of babies named Lorene, 48.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,53466
1890s#674435
1900s#3811,653
1910s#3118,045
1920s#33311,298
1930s#4556,217
1940s#6943,906
1950s#8903,368
1960s#1,1602,319
1970s#2,097885
1980s#3,586467
1990s#6,009302
2000s#8,814242
2010s#11,570177
2020s#10,778112
Before 19011.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2748.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4526.5%
Baby boom 1946–6415.8%
Generation X 1965–804.6%
Millennials 1981–961.6%
Generation Z 1997–120.9%
2013 and later0.6%

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 Lorene is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lorene has been most common in Oklahoma (6.1×), Arkansas (6×), and Alabama (3.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.09×).

33,398 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 Lorene

#2,209 Quintin · 11,909#2,210 Mauro · 11,897#2,212 Rhoda · 11,868#2,213 Evie · 11,863

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lorene, most common first.

#793 Lorena · 61,919#1,067 Loren · 38,871#5,250 Lorne · 3,310#6,526 Lorine · 2,450#26,603 Lorane · 349#29,353 Lorrene · 302#46,195 Lourene · 145#51,501 Loreno · 113

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