first name
LORIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,169 people named Lorin, 81.4% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as Black and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 50.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lorin peaked in 1989, when 139 babies got the name.
At least 7,406 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.
Lorin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,768. The largest share of babies named Lorin, 21.8%, 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 Lorin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lorin has been most common in Utah (19×), Idaho (11×), and California (2.9×), and least common in Michigan (0.38×).
2,063 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 Lorin
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lorin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lorin ranks #101,718 of 156,621, with 189 people. See Lorin as a last name
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