Lorna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lorna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lorna: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #54 in 1995, and it stood at #631 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
96times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#54highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lorna's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#161
1997	#197
1998	#208
1999	#217
2000	#282
2001	#270
2002	#325
2003	#398
2004	#450
2005	#477
2006	#526
2007	#693
2008	#734
2009	#850
2010	#965
2011	#1015
2012	#887
2013	#1177
2014	#1155
2015	#942
2016	#1142
2017	#1144
2018	#1234
2019	#1497
2020	#1773
2021	#1505
2022	#1383
2023	#2063
2024	#2115

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 60 of the 61 years from 1964 to 2024.

In 2024: #631 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2115 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #149 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2024
Highest recorded position: #54 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1995 (recorded 1964–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lorna appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 60 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 3,197 births with the name.

Lorna across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lorna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#149 (1964)	#54 (1995)	#631 (2024)	60 of 61	3,197 (1964–2024)	124 (1982)
England and Wales · Girls	#161 (1996)	#161 (1996)	#2115 (2024)	29 of 29	2,124 (1996–2024)	274 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#206 (2001)	#318 (2005)	7 of 9	36 (1997–2005)	7 (2001)

Lorna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lorna in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	219	6 of 10	37
1970s	830	10 of 10	83
1980sbusiest	981	10 of 10	98
1990s	765	10 of 10	77
2000s	286	10 of 10	29
2010s	98	10 of 10	10
2020s	18	4 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 98 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1995 and 1996, when recorded births fell by 37, from 102 to 65.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Lorna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #54 in Republic of Ireland in 1995.

Lorna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1383	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1773	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1144	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1142	30	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#942	38	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1155	30	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#887	42	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1015	34	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#965	35	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#850	40	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#734	48	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#693	49	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#526	69	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#477	77	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#450	78	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#398	91	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#325	111	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#270	144	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#282	136	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#217	186	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#208	198	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#197	223	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#161	274	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#206	7	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#220	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#259	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#229	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#462	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	15	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#437	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	22	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	14	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	24	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	13	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	27	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	28	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	29	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	24	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	36	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#100	48	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	43	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	44	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	40	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#82	66	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#78	65	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#54	102	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#61	90	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#66	87	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#73	86	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#71	96	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#78	89	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	76	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#83	87	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	106	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#87	81	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	93	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	100	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	91	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#72	124	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#83	103	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#75	120	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#91	92	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	83	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#92	91	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	79	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#85	96	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	89	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	93	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	68	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	81	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	58	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#112	62	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	36	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#131	42	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	27	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	27	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	25	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #54, first reached in 1995.

It held a top-100 place in 27 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 274 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cliodhna · #52, 56y
Celina · #51, 57y
Kamilla · #57, 56y
Kathrine · #51, 63y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Orlaith · #54, 59y
Ruairi · #54, 59y
Jacinta · #53, 57y
Jesper · #53, 63y

Lorna was ranked #54 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1995. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lorna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lorna without appearing here.

Lorna moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1383 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2063 and #2689.
Suzanne Compare
In 2016 they stood at #587 and #587 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #430 and #873.
Carmel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #612 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #462 and #896.
Alex Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1773 and #1556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1505 and #1866.

Moved ahead of Lorna

Linda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1383 and #1621 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2063 and #1206.
Barbara Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1383 and #1685 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2063 and #1410.
Teresa Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1383 and #1501 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2063 and #1410.
Paula Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #1491.

Moved the opposite way to Lorna

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lorna went from #149 to #631 while Annie went from #112 to #41.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lorna went from #149 to #631 while Charlotte went from #171 to #64.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lorna went from #149 to #631 while Clodagh went from #149 to #42.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lorna went from #149 to #631 while Emily went from #180 to #4.

Moved the same way as Lorna

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lorna went from #149 to #631 and Audrey from #85 to #898.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lorna went from #149 to #631 and Eileen from #17 to #372.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lorna went from #149 to #631 and Julia from #42 to #75.
Margaret Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lorna went from #149 to #631 and Margaret from #3 to #181.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #54 in Republic of Ireland in 1995. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lorna

Lorna at a glance

What stands out in Lorna's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lorna across 3 official records

Lorna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lorna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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What stands out in Lorna's record

Lorna across 3 official records

Lorna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lorna appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Lorna moved ahead of

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