Lorna

Girl name

Lorna has been given to 28,557 babies in the U.S. since 1885. It peaked in 1957.

Meaning & origin

Coined by English novelist R. D. Blackmore in 1869API for his novel Lorna Doone, possibly from the Scottish place name Lorn(e) in Argyll.

Origin: Scottish Gaelic

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

28,557

Peak year

1957 (758 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1885

10-year trend

▲ +56%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Lorna.

29,140 babies since 1895

29,502 babies since 1930

27,242 babies since 1905

29,933 babies since 1896

30,161 babies since 1915

25,629 babies since 1880

32,214 babies since 1880

32,343 babies since 1883

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