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Lorinda

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Lorinda is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 765th, in 1965.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1965168 births
Best rank
#765in 1965
Since 1886
4,676people given the name
Babies named Lorinda, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

4,676 girls have been named Lorinda in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1965, with 168 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 168 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1960s alone account for 31%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Lorinda
1880s6
1890s17
1900s46
1910s83
1920s79
1930s69
1940s378
1950s973
1960s1,443
1970s973
1980s374
1990s135
2000s58
2010s35
2020s7

In 1965, its biggest year

Lorinda was the 765th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1965 were Lisa, Mary, Karen, Kimberly and Susan. See all of 1965.

Names that rose and fell with Lorinda

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.