first name
LORI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 299,419 people named Lori, 90.7% reported their origin as White, 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lori peaked in 1963, when 23,947 babies got the name.
At least 342,764 babies have been given the name since 1924. 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.
Lori by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #39. The largest share of babies named Lori, 47.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Lori is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lori has been most common in Rhode Island (2.1×), South Dakota (2.1×), and Iowa (2×), and least common in South Carolina (0.45×).
339,501 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 Lori
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lori, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lori ranks #46,481 of 156,621, with 494 people. See Lori as a last name
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