Lorinda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lor-IN-da
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lorinda is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Lorinda come from?
Modern: elaboration of Laura or Lori with the -inda ending
Is Lorinda a girl's or a boy's name?
Lorinda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lorinda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Lorinda, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1965, with 168 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the girls named Lorinda in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lorinda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 50 | #2,021 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,185 |
| 1981 | 53 | #1,985 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,624 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,952 |
| 1978 | 67 | #1,598 |
| 1977 | 76 | #1,451 |
| 1976 | 79 | #1,355 |
| 1975 | 102 | #1,139 |
| 1974 | 93 | #1,198 |
| 1973 | 107 | #1,074 |
| 1972 | 100 | #1,111 |
| 1971 | 149 | #889 |
| 1970 | 147 | #894 |
| 1969 | 165 | #801 |
| 1968 | 138 | #875 |
| 1967 | 129 | #902 |
| 1966 | 127 | #890 |
| 1965 | 168 | #764 |
| 1964 | 146 | #861 |
| 1963 | 165 | #808 |
| 1962 | 159 | #832 |
| 1961 | 130 | #947 |
| 1960 | 116 | #998 |
| 1959 | 110 | #1,004 |
| 1958 | 138 | #867 |
| 1957 | 123 | #923 |
| 1956 | 120 | #923 |
| 1955 | 104 | #977 |
| 1954 | 81 | #1,092 |
| 1953 | 82 | #1,063 |
| 1952 | 68 | #1,146 |
| 1951 | 83 | #1,018 |
| 1950 | 64 | #1,152 |
| 1949 | 58 | #1,188 |
| 1948 | 64 | #1,115 |
| 1947 | 56 | #1,203 |
| 1946 | 53 | #1,178 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,513 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,608 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,702 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,705 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,569 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,513 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,263 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,093 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
Nicknames for Lorinda
- Lori 23 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lorinda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teresa, Angela, Laura, Regina, Rebecca, Loretta, Linda, Maria, Paula, Lucinda, Melissa, Priscilla
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Lorinda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lorinda, updated 20 October 2026.