Lorne
Boy · LORN · Scottish
Lorne is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Lorne mean?
Scottish: from Lorn, a district of Argyll
From Lorn, a district of Argyll in Scotland, said to be named after Loarn, a legendary early king of Dal Riata.
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- LORN
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Is Lorne a girl's or a boy's name?
Lorne is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lorne in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lorne in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Lorne in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Lorne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Lorne, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1966, with 186 boys. It first appears in the records in 1903.
2025 had fewer boys named Lorne than any year since 1909.
Half of all the boys named Lorne in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lorne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 42 | #1,835 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1988 | 36 | #1,844 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,504 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,564 |
| 1985 | 53 | #1,320 |
| 1984 | 48 | #1,364 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,153 |
| 1982 | 43 | #1,463 |
| 1981 | 55 | #1,236 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,227 |
| 1979 | 49 | #1,319 |
| 1978 | 45 | #1,371 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,179 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,208 |
| 1974 | 66 | #1,007 |
| 1973 | 65 | #1,003 |
| 1972 | 95 | #822 |
| 1971 | 92 | #848 |
| 1970 | 116 | #767 |
| 1969 | 131 | #689 |
| 1968 | 147 | #622 |
| 1967 | 145 | #623 |
| 1966 | 186 | #559 |
| 1965 | 182 | #566 |
| 1964 | 179 | #590 |
| 1963 | 159 | #616 |
| 1962 | 171 | #593 |
| 1961 | 92 | #792 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,114 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 26 | #1,533 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,582 |
| 1956 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,395 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,434 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 22 | #1,614 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,429 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,347 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,345 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1946 | 20 | #1,600 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,437 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,258 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,334 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,238 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 31 | #1,283 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,564 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,227 |
| 1926 | 38 | #1,161 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,246 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,458 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,502 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 37 | #1,178 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,530 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,479 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,504 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,300 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
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