Lori Girl
How popular is Lori?
#1,721 girl name in 2025
118 baby girls were named Lori in the US in 2025, making it the 1721st most popular girl name.
Lori popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,721 for girls (▼ 197 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 118 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-13% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,593 in 2015, #1,668 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1963 (23,899 girls) |
| Highest rank | #8 in 1963 |
| First recorded | 1924 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lori counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lori family of names ranked #1,312 for girls in 2025 (#1,174 the year before), with 133 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lori is most popular
Babies named Lori per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (89 girls)
Lori by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 31 | #3,559 |
| 1930s | 126 | #1,401 |
| 1940s | 794 | #618 |
| 1950s | 56,070 | #27 |
| 1960s | 176,560 | #8 |
| 1970s | 77,777 | #23 |
| 1980s | 21,645 | #76 |
| 1990s | 4,945 | #323 |
| 2000s | 1,884 | #862 |
| 2010s | 1,247 | #1,548 |
| 2020s | 832 | #1,387 |
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Questions
- Is Lori a boy or girl name?
- Lori is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lori were girls.
- How popular is the name Lori?
- 118 baby girls were named Lori in the US in 2025, making it the 1721st most popular girl name.
- When was Lori most popular?
- Lori peaked in 1963, when 23,899 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #8 in 1963.
- How many people are named Lori?
- 342,764 babies have been named Lori in the US since 1880. We estimate about 309,725 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 61.
- Where is Lori most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lori was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.