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.

Lore

#6,533 most common girls' name of all time · #11,020 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1915–2024

Rank among girls
#6,533
Rank overall
#11,020 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
1,118
Since 2016
36
Peak year
1961 #1,508
Best rank
#1,508 1961
Girls Boys peak 56/yr
192019401960198020002020

Lore first appears in 1915. 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
2024 10 10 #9,628
2023 9 9 #10,410
2022 6 6 #13,729
2021 6 6 #13,600
2019 5 5 #15,711
2006 5 5 #17,367
2005 5 5 #16,647
1996 6 6 #11,961
1989 6 6 #11,014
1988 6 6 #10,537
1987 11 11 #6,402
1986 8 8 #7,864
1984 8 8 #7,507
1983 5 5 #10,493
1982 6 6 #9,417
1981 8 8 #7,533
1980 9 9 #6,907
1979 10 10 #6,290
1978 6 6 #8,728
1977 6 6 #8,625
1976 13 13 #4,679
1975 10 10 #5,623
1974 12 12 #4,801
1973 16 16 #3,831
1972 18 18 #3,443
1971 14 14 #4,160
1970 17 17 #3,617
1969 15 15 #3,666
1968 20 20 #2,908
1967 31 31 #2,133
1966 31 31 #2,112
1965 26 26 #2,374
1964 43 43 #1,793
1963 50 50 #1,607
1962 50 50 #1,603
1961 56 56 #1,508
1960 53 53 #1,531
1959 51 51 #1,526
1958 48 48 #1,548
1957 42 42 #1,666
1956 28 28 #2,080
1955 36 36 #1,755
1954 27 27 #2,050
1953 19 19 #2,474
1952 21 21 #2,311
1951 13 13 #3,032
1950 11 11 #3,332
1949 15 15 #2,678
1948 10 10 #3,471
1946 10 10 #3,342
1945 9 9 #3,278
1944 6 6 #4,304
1943 6 6 #4,447
1941 6 6 #4,220
1940 5 5 #4,705
1939 7 7 #3,641
1938 10 10 #2,878
1937 5 5 #4,607
1936 5 5 #4,534
1935 9 9 #3,096
1934 8 8 #3,364
1933 10 10 #2,822
1932 7 7 #3,788
1931 13 13 #2,410
1930 9 9 #3,276
1929 7 7 #3,935
1928 8 8 #3,658
1927 6 6 #4,591
1926 7 7 #4,173
1925 7 7 #4,287
1924 5 5 #5,476
1920 6 6 #4,758
1918 5 5 #5,222
1915 5 5 #4,831