Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lorain*

#6,113 most common girls' name of all time · #10,328 across all names · 17% male / 83% female · used 1900–2009 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#6,113
Rank overall
#10,328 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
71 of 146
All-time
1,237
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1919 #1,321
Best rank
#1,202 1907
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
190019201940196019802000

Lorain first appears in 1900. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2009 5 5 #17,416
1979 6 6 #9,101
1976 5 5 #9,448
1972 9 9 #5,545
1971 5 5 #8,458
1970 6 6 #7,185
1969 6 6 #6,730
1968 9 9 #4,831
1967 6 6 #6,162
1966 7 7 #5,360
1965 18 18 #2,968
1964 7 7 #5,545
1963 13 13 #3,674
1962 11 11 #4,069
1961 23 23 #2,564
1960 12 12 #3,750
1959 15 15 #3,151
1958 9 9 #4,259
1957 17 17 #2,860
1956 11 11 #3,751
1955 24 24 #2,243
1954 13 13 #3,211
1953 21 21 #2,326
1952 13 13 #3,091
1951 14 14 #2,861
1950 8 8 #4,058
1949 16 16 #2,547
1948 13 13 #2,886
1947 10 10 #3,540
1946 14 14 #2,659
1945 14 14 #2,385
1944 5 5 #4,720
1943 11 11 #2,935
1942 11 11 #2,892
1941 9 9 #3,108
1940 16 16 #2,072
1939 11 6 17 #2,656
1938 10 10 #2,810
1937 6 5 11 #3,921
1936 10 5 15 #2,755
1935 12 12 #2,503
1934 13 13 #2,353
1933 14 11 25 #2,221
1932 16 8 24 #2,087
1931 24 5 29 #1,573
1930 19 19 #1,907
1929 17 6 23 #2,062
1928 36 5 41 #1,283
1927 31 6 37 #1,476
1926 33 9 42 #1,407
1925 29 9 38 #1,555
1924 33 13 46 #1,467
1923 18 8 26 #2,133
1922 33 13 46 #1,423
1921 34 12 46 #1,396
1920 31 14 45 #1,463
1919 35 15 50 #1,321
1918 32 14 46 #1,377
1917 15 16 31 #2,278
1916 16 10 26 #2,100
1915 13 10 23 #2,333
1914 8 8
1913 8 5 13 #2,431
1912 12 12 #1,705
1911 7 7 #2,115
1910 6 6 #2,294
1909 10 10 #1,459
1907 12 12 #1,202
1906 5 5 #2,140
1905 6 6 #1,891
1900 5 5 #2,191