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Lorena

Gender
Girl
Say it
lo-RAY-na
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#643 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,291 for girls

Lorena is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “from Lorraine”. In 2025 it ranked 643rd for girls in the UK (64 babies) and 1,291st for girls in the US (173 babies).

What does Lorena mean?

French: Spanish and Italian form of Lorraine, a region of France

“from Lorraine”

Spanish and Italian form of Lorraine; it is also sometimes treated as an elaborated form of Laura.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Lorena a girl's or a boy's name?

Lorena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 girls in the UK and 173 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lorena in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#643among girls
Babies in 2025
64about 1 in 4,400 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 55% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 64 girls in the UK were named Lorena, making it the 643rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 804th.

2025 had the most girls named Lorena of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Lorena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 70 girls in the UK were given Lorena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #565, up from #643 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 684th in England and Wales and 324th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 64 in 20252025
Lorena in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202564#643
202457#717
202357#690
202260#680
202140#945
202050#804
201928#1,256
201837#1,028
201755#784
201643#930
201540#979
201429#1,235
201337#1,044
201232#1,150
201132#1,141
201033#1,080
200929#1,147
200821#1,443
200718#1,544
200620#1,364
200517#1,451
200415#1,561
200319#1,263
200211#1,755
200112#1,637
200020#1,105
199910#1,770
199811#1,694
19978#2,073
19965#2,815

How popular is Lorena in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,291among girls
Babies in 2025
173about 1 in 9,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 173 girls in the US were named Lorena, making it the 1,291st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,276th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 820 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lorena in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 181 girls in the US were given Lorena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,123, up from #1,291 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 820 in 19802025
Lorena in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025173#1,291
2024182#1,275
2023179#1,277
2022188#1,274
2021161#1,370
2020175#1,276
2019180#1,283
2018203#1,181
2017169#1,364
2016198#1,232
2015192#1,266
2014201#1,215
2013198#1,210
2012188#1,273
2011223#1,105
2010263#969
2009285#938
2008409#728
2007385#759
2006405#700
2005488#583
2004468#597
2003490#570
2002538#509
2001459#566
2000510#517
1999554#475
1998581#445
1997667#391
1996801#347
1995658#399
1994756#349
1993668#381
1992715#359
1991746#346
1990690#382
1989591#420
1988520#437
1987588#390
1986662#360
1985740#322
1984647#357
1983611#369
1982653#358
1981726#325
1980820#302
1979647#355
1978577#369
1977577#371
1976607#353
1975622#348
1974640#341
1973598#353
1972520#394
1971555#393
1970517#426
1969453#454
1968429#463
1967409#468
1966353#499
1965344#514
1964337#537
1963326#535
1962306#560
1961299#581
1960278#595
1959218#677
1958192#711
1957194#714
1956171#741
1955169#728
1954169#708
1953130#805
1952143#740
1951133#764
1950136#737
1949147#697
1948142#699
1947168#638
1946139#678
1945153#589
1944147#605
1943157#601
1942165#574
1941171#537
1940163#536
1939163#522
1938181#495
1937196#468
1936161#516
1935182#472
1934193#465
1933175#481
1932199#462
1931177#484
1930214#459
1929249#423
1928259#422
1927258#430
1926266#418
1925318#381
1924349#367
1923343#356
1922367#338
1921423#319
1920440#311
1919402#315
1918397#320
1917436#296
1916391#303
1915395#290
1914328#290
1913259#294
1912238#295
1911184#288
1910212#264
1909169#276
1908152#286
1907178#258
1906141#279
1905145#274
1904140#265
1903143#258
1902146#258
1901130#254
1900178#238
1899140#233
1898129#267
1897117#263
1896118#264
1895111#265
1894106#267
189396#273
189295#272
189176#287
189082#276
188976#273
188875#267
188768#254
188667#253
188549#283
188441#302
188342#274
188234#300
188127#301
188029#288

Nicknames for Lorena

Names like Lorena

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Rosa Lola Matilda Eliza Lucia Sara Maria Nina Eva Sophia Ada Luella

Other spellings of Lorena

Lorenna

Names related to Lorena

Lorna Lorin Loren Lorien Lorina Lorren Lorene Loryn Lareina

More French names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Lorena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lorena, updated 20 October 2026.