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How popular is “Lorna” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lorna” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lorna” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lorna” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lorna” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lorna” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lorna” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lorna” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1885 6 0.000024911 6 100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 100%
1892 12 0.000035888 12 100%
1893 17 0.000052272 17 100%
1894 14 0.000041336 14 100%
1895 19 0.000054128 19 100%
1896 20 0.000055947 20 100%
1897 24 0.000069173 24 100%
1898 28 0.000073403 28 100%
1899 21 0.000061904 21 100%
1900 30 0.000066628 30 100%
1901 26 0.000075185 26 100%
1902 26 0.00006723 26 100%
1903 31 0.000081322 31 100%
1904 38 0.000094179 38 100%
1905 31 0.000073127 31 100%
1906 38 0.000088692 38 100%
1907 41 0.000088098 41 100%
1908 41 0.000083905 41 100%
1909 51 0.000099761 51 100%
1910 51 0.000086337 51 100%
1911 85 0.000131931 85 100%
1912 104 0.000105257 104 100%
1913 109 0.000095857 109 100%
1914 135 0.000095316 135 100%
1915 204 0.000111328 204 100%
1916 218 0.000112695 218 100%
1917 211 0.000105145 211 100%
1918 218 0.000100409 218 100%
1919 222 0.000105201 222 100%
1920 234 0.000103419 234 100%
1921 277 0.000118655 277 100%
1922 249 0.000108774 249 100%
1923 364 0.00015809 364 100%
1924 304 0.000127645 304 100%
1925 334 0.000143145 334 100%
1926 295 0.00012849 295 100%
1927 320 0.000137969 320 100%
1928 348 0.000153918 348 100%
1929 296 0.000135027 296 100%
1930 328 0.000147529 328 100%
1931 390 0.000185327 390 100%
1932 386 0.000182827 386 100%
1933 324 0.000162045 324 100%
1934 309 0.000148785 309 100%
1935 329 0.000157424 329 100%
1936 290 0.000139586 290 100%
1937 313 0.000146902 313 100%
1938 330 0.000149148 330 100%
1939 367 0.000166558 367 100%
1940 416 0.000180659 416 100%
1941 464 0.000190443 464 100%
1942 525 0.00019218 518 7 97%
1943 441 0.000156241 441 100%
1944 388 0.000144234 388 100%
1945 428 0.000161332 428 100%
1946 426 0.000133321 426 100%
1947 475 0.000131859 475 100%
1948 432 0.000125126 432 100%
1949 440 0.000126263 440 100%
1950 463 0.000132159 463 100%
1951 514 0.000139532 514 100%
1952 662 0.000174302 662 100%
1953 721 0.000187096 721 100%
1954 707 0.000177607 707 100%
1955 740 0.000184305 740 100%
1956 705 0.00017099 705 100%
1957 758 0.000180384 758 100%
1958 688 0.000166429 688 100%
1959 691 0.000166186 691 100%
1960 678 0.000163223 678 100%
1961 592 0.000142916 592 100%
1962 566 0.00014026 561 5 98%
1963 484 0.000122278 484 100%
1964 528 0.000135816 523 5 98%
1965 510 0.000140672 510 100%
1966 365 0.000105016 360 5 97%
1967 368 0.000108398 368 100%
1968 280 0.000082879 280 100%
1969 295 0.000084884 295 100%
1970 234 0.000064883 234 100%
1971 207 0.000060308 207 100%
1972 173 0.000055043 173 100%
1973 125 0.000041433 125 100%
1974 144 0.000047368 144 100%
1975 133 0.000044049 133 100%
1976 104 0.000034275 104 100%
1977 99 0.000031166 99 100%
1978 97 0.000030562 97 100%
1979 80 0.000024046 80 100%
1980 84 0.000024387 84 100%
1981 93 0.000026883 93 100%
1982 76 0.000021665 76 100%
1983 91 0.000026275 91 100%
1984 108 0.000030957 108 100%
1985 112 0.00003138 112 100%
1986 116 0.000032611 116 100%
1987 80 0.000022188 80 100%
1988 77 0.000020839 77 100%
1989 82 0.000021329 82 100%
1990 68 0.000017204 68 100%
1991 72 0.000018484 72 100%
1992 77 0.000020045 77 100%
1993 92 0.000024401 92 100%
1994 79 0.00002125 79 100%
1995 70 0.000019114 70 100%
1996 87 0.000023854 87 100%
1997 62 0.0000171 62 100%
1998 62 0.000016856 62 100%
1999 78 0.000021116 78 100%
2000 69 0.000018254 69 100%
2001 80 0.000021371 80 100%
2002 64 0.00001712 64 100%
2003 81 0.000021303 81 100%
2004 65 0.000017012 65 100%
2005 69 0.000017946 69 100%
2006 67 0.000016935 67 100%
2007 51 0.000012757 51 100%
2008 46 0.000011703 46 100%
2009 38 0.000009947 38 100%
2010 33 0.000008929 33 100%
2011 28 0.000007655 28 100%
2012 47 0.000012851 47 100%
2013 39 0.000010698 39 100%
2014 34 0.000009173 34 100%
2015 36 0.000009727 36 100%
2016 28 0.000007632 28 100%
2017 31 0.000008668 31 100%
2018 37 0.000010524 37 100%
2019 45 0.000012965 45 100%
2020 53 0.000015866 53 100%
2021 36 0.000010626 36 100%
2022 40 0.000011823 40 100%
2023 41 0.000012382 41 100%
2024 50 0.000015022 50 100%

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