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Lorna

Gender
Girl
Say it
LOR-na
Origin
Scottish
UK rank, 2025
#2,675 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,957 for girls

Lorna is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “from Lorne, Argyll”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).

What does Lorna mean?

Scottish: created by R. D. Blackmore, probably from the district of Lorne in Argyll

“from Lorne, Argyll”

Coined by the novelist Richard Doddridge Blackmore for the heroine of his 1869 novel Lorna Doone.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Lorna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lorna in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,675among girls
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 28,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 43% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Lorna, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 316 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Lorna since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Lorna in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 316 in 19962025
Lorna in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202510#2,675
202413#2,175
202316#1,873
202224#1,406
202120#1,605
202019#1,647
201921#1,531
201828#1,274
201732#1,150
201632#1,162
201538#1,014
201432#1,149
201332#1,165
201246#885
201136#1,039
201041#919
200944#844
200852#739
200754#699
200674#545
200587#467
200491#434
200396#413
2002126#321
2001169#269
2000159#276
1999217#223
1998227#214
1997264#186
1996316#158

How popular is Lorna in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,957among girls
Babies in 2025
56about 1 in 29,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Lorna, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 758 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Lorna than any year since 2006.

Half of all the girls named Lorna in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.

1885Busiest: 758 in 19572025
Lorna in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202556#2,957
202450#3,176
202342#3,638
202240#3,763
202136#4,011
202053#3,015
201945#3,450
201837#3,917
201731#4,475
201628#4,849
201536#4,068
201434#4,267
201339#3,847
201247#3,418
201128#4,913
201033#4,396
200938#4,012
200846#3,528
200751#3,289
200667#2,669
200569#2,499
200466#2,523
200381#2,141
200264#2,464
200180#2,071
200069#2,254
199978#1,996
199862#2,276
199762#2,197
199687#1,720
199570#1,950
199479#1,805
199392#1,637
199277#1,840
199172#1,927
199068#1,984
198982#1,663
198877#1,670
198780#1,569
1986116#1,203
1985112#1,226
1984108#1,205
198391#1,319
198276#1,551
198193#1,340
198084#1,448
197980#1,482
197897#1,265
197799#1,225
1976104#1,134
1975133#947
1974144#889
1973125#958
1972173#792
1971207#729
1970234#678
1969295#574
1968280#572
1967368#498
1966360#493
1965510#412
1964524#429
1963484#440
1962561#412
1961592#398
1960678#369
1959691#361
1958688#349
1957758#332
1956705#328
1955740#316
1954707#317
1953721#307
1952662#314
1951514#351
1950463#372
1949440#374
1948432#381
1947475#368
1946426#366
1945428#332
1944388#350
1943441#337
1942518#302
1941464#298
1940416#312
1939368#325
1938330#357
1937313#366
1936290#372
1935329#353
1934309#359
1933324#348
1932386#323
1931390#322
1930328#374
1929296#391
1928348#368
1927320#383
1926295#399
1925334#376
1924304#392
1923364#345
1922249#419
1921277#407
1920234#437
1919222#442
1918218#452
1917211#441
1916218#426
1915204#425
1914135#470
1913109#488
1912104#466
191185#439
191051#576
190951#531
190841#583
190741#572
190638#570
190531#632
190438#537
190331#589
190226#648
190126#615
190030#639
189921#680
189828#610
189724#627
189620#707
189519#725
189414#812
189317#713
189212#861
18918#1,006
18900–
18895#1,278
18886#1,136
18870–
18860–
18856#921

Names like Lorna

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

Lola Laura Anna Rosa Bonnie Georgia Lucy Martha Emma Alice Lois Charlotte

Names related to Lorna

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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, “Lorna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lorna, updated 20 October 2026.