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Lorin

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Laurel tree

Lorin has been given to 7,406 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1965, with 111 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 64% boys, 36% girls all-time.

Babies named Lorin, 2024

1 in 557,000

Lorin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lorin over time

In 2025, Lorin went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lorin: meaning, origin, and history

Laurel tree

Latin

What Lorin means

Lorin means “laurel tree”, associated with laurus.

Origin, language, and formation

Lorin is used in Turkish. Its origins include Latin.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Laurine.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Turkish, Lorin is pronounced /ˈlɒɹin/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,729 boys were recorded with the name Lorin between 1880 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 111 in 1965; its best national rank was #686 in 1913.

In the United States, 2,677 girls were recorded with the name Lorin between 1947 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 107 in 1989; its best national rank was #1,399 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,705 in 2020 to #9,836 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,143 in 2015 to #9,836 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lorin?

Lorin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 557,000
6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 287,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
386,177 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lorin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lorin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lorins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lorin was born before 1952 — so the typical Lorin is around 73 today.

Median birth year
1952
About 73 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
15.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
3.3%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
2,537
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1960s — 15.1% of all recorded uses (712).

Is Lorin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1965 (111)
Years since peak
60
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#686
1913

Spellings of Lorin

Lorin is not the most common spelling — Louis is, with 29.1% against Lorin's 0.34%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Lorin is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Lorin was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 4,545 boys, against 1 in 90,105 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

022 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 4,545
  2. 2Idaho1 in 7,692
  3. 3California1 in 33,333
  4. 4South Dakota1 in 50,000
  5. 5Iowa1 in 100,000
  6. 6Illinois1 in 100,000
  7. 7Minnesota1 in 100,000
  8. 8Nebraska1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lorin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Lorin is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Lorin was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 153,475 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 100,000
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 100,000
  5. 5New York1 in 100,000
  6. 6Ohio1 in 100,000
  7. 7Alabama1 in —
  8. 8Arkansas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lorin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lorin around the world

Where Lorin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    1979–2010
    #4,547
    in 2010
  • South Australia
    1945–1963
    #563
    in 1963

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Lorin

People whose public names include Lorin, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Lorin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#686
1913
Peak year
1965
111 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
4,729
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,836
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,869
Best rank ever
#1,399
1989
Peak year
1989
107 that year
First recorded
1947
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,677
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Lorin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

LorneLorrinTorinOrrinLoranLorenzKyrinTyrinOrinLorenLordErinThorinArinJarinMarinCorinAarinDerinLorenzaPerrinDarinLorikLoring

Names with a curve like Lorin

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lorin, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LorenzaLesleyArtisArtieDavieBerryWardellCurtissAlonzaStanfordFeltonJodie

Sibling names for Lorin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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