Lorena Girl
How popular is Lorena?
#1,291 girl name in 2025
173 baby girls were named Lorena in the US in 2025, making it the 1291st most popular girl name.
Lorena popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,291 for girls (▼ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 173 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,266 in 2015, #1,276 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1980 (820 girls) |
| Highest rank | #233 in 1899 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lorena counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lorena family of names ranked #1,078 for girls in 2025 (#1,091 the year before), with 181 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lorena | 173 | 96% |
| Lorenna | 8 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lorena is most popular
Babies named Lorena per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (103 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (139 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (140 girls)
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (22 girls)
Lorena by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 508 | #253 |
| 1890s | 1,070 | #233 |
| 1900s | 1,522 | #238 |
| 1910s | 3,242 | #264 |
| 1920s | 3,272 | #311 |
| 1930s | 1,841 | #459 |
| 1940s | 1,552 | #536 |
| 1950s | 1,655 | #677 |
| 1960s | 3,534 | #454 |
| 1970s | 5,860 | #341 |
| 1980s | 6,558 | #302 |
| 1990s | 6,836 | #346 |
| 2000s | 4,437 | #509 |
| 2010s | 2,015 | #969 |
| 2020s | 1,058 | #1,274 |
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Questions
- Is Lorena a boy or girl name?
- Lorena is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lorena were girls.
- How popular is the name Lorena?
- 173 baby girls were named Lorena in the US in 2025, making it the 1291st most popular girl name.
- When was Lorena most popular?
- Lorena peaked in 1980, when 820 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #233 in 1899.
- How many people are named Lorena?
- 45,179 babies have been named Lorena in the US since 1880. We estimate about 32,436 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Lorena most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lorena was most common in Florida, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.