The name Lori is of English origin, and is a diminutive form of Laura or Lorraine.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lori 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 Lori
Use of the Name Lori for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
337,906
330,472
27,070
2,119
485
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lori has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Lori first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1946, which is the first year shown on the table.
Lori last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 2001, 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 Lori
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1946
884
89
1947
860
104
1948
719
137
1949
622
177
1950
614
187
1951
346
532
1952
251
977
1953
174
1,788
1954
121
3,443
1955
89
4,970
1956
66
7,139
1957
45
8,965
1958
30
13,024
1959
27
15,023
1960
20
18,680
1961
14
21,867
1962
11
22,387
1963
8
23,901
1964
15
18,615
1965
19
15,697
1966
21
14,676
1967
24
13,552
1968
22
13,124
1969
20
14,018
1970
23
13,444
1971
25
11,835
1972
28
9,429
1973
28
8,473
1974
30
7,962
1975
39
6,645
1976
47
5,850
1977
57
5,064
1978
60
4,633
1979
69
4,429
1980
76
4,081
1981
91
3,480
1982
98
2,979
1983
113
2,521
1984
143
2,075
1985
158
1,792
1986
183
1,465
1987
229
1,169
1988
242
1,087
1989
272
988
1990
323
852
1991
351
736
1992
400
643
1993
446
559
1994
475
524
1995
584
393
1996
647
346
1997
704
306
1998
718
307
1999
781
282
2000
865
254
2001
955
231
Totals:
337,906
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Lori 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 Lori appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 56 times during the last 125 years.