Lorain
Lorain is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192836 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1900
- 1,237people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,024 girls have been named Lorain in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 36 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 36 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1931, and the 1920s alone account for 29%.
Lorain is used for both sexes: 17% of its bearers are boys (213), most of them born around 1917.
By decade
In 1928, its biggest year
Lorain was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1928 were Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1928.
Names that rose and fell with Lorain
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Majoriepeak 1922
- Rhebapeak 1924
- Conchapeak 1925
- Aleasepeak 1925
- Concettapeak 1924
- Eleasepeak 1923
- Ignaciapeak 1926
- Margoriepeak 1925
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.