Lorna

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Lorna is a feminine given name. The name is said to have been coined by R. D. Blackmore for the heroine of his novel Lorna Doone, which appeared in 1869. Blackmore appears to have derived this name from the Scottish placename Lorn/Lorne.

From Wikipedia

Lorna first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 274 babies (rank #163 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Lorna

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lorna yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,962
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
274
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1996274#163
1997223#197
1998198#210
1999186#218
2000136#282
2001144#270
2002111#326
200391#399
200478#452
200577#479
200669#530
200749#700
200848#738
200940#857
201035#977
201134#1,037
201242#899
201329#1,204
201430#1,170
201538#958
201630#1,160