The name Lorna is of Scottish origin, and is derived from the name of an area in Scotland.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lorna has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Lorna
Use of the Name Lorna for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
25,184
9,246
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lorna has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Lorna first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1885, which is the first year shown on the table.
Lorna last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1975, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Lorna
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1885
998
6
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
883
12
1893
730
17
1894
830
14
1895
734
19
1896
719
20
1897
637
24
1898
614
28
1899
692
21
1900
637
31
1901
623
26
1902
662
26
1903
593
31
1904
542
38
1905
635
31
1906
574
38
1907
582
40
1908
586
41
1909
533
51
1910
572
52
1911
441
85
1912
469
104
1913
486
109
1914
468
136
1915
425
204
1916
426
217
1917
441
212
1918
453
218
1919
442
222
1920
441
233
1921
408
276
1922
417
251
1923
347
362
1924
395
303
1925
376
334
1926
400
294
1927
382
319
1928
368
347
1929
391
296
1930
372
329
1931
324
388
1932
324
386
1933
348
324
1934
359
309
1935
353
330
1936
373
289
1937
367
311
1938
354
331
1939
327
366
1940
311
416
1941
298
464
1942
301
519
1943
338
439
1944
350
387
1945
332
428
1946
366
425
1947
369
474
1948
380
434
1949
374
440
1950
375
460
1951
352
514
1952
314
661
1953
308
717
1954
317
709
1955
316
741
1956
328
705
1957
332
757
1958
348
688
1959
361
693
1960
369
677
1961
398
592
1962
412
561
1963
441
483
1964
429
523
1965
414
508
1966
495
360
1967
499
366
1968
571
281
1969
573
296
1970
677
234
1971
730
207
1972
793
172
1973
958
125
1974
889
145
1975
955
132
Totals:
25,184
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Lorna as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Lorna appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 85 times during the last 125 years.