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Lori

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~311,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,721 among girls
Births in 2025
118 342,764 since 1880
Typical age
60 years, median

Lori popularity over time

Lori rank by birth year, 1924–2025Lori ranked #4,434 in 1924 and #1,721 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #8, in 1963.#10#100#1,000#1,721best #8 in 196319401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1924–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Lori in 1963 than in any other year — 23,947 of them. The name does not appear in the data until 1924. Lori has spent 28 years inside the national top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #1,721, with 118 births that year. It slipped 197 places against the previous year.

Babies named Lori per yearPeaks at 23,947 births in 1963.23,947 in 1963019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Lori?

About 311,500 people named Lori are alive in the United States today. That is out of 342,764 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Lori?

Half of living Loris are older than 60, half younger. More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Lori a late 20th-century name.

Your Lori

Ages of living people named LoriHalf of living Loris are older than 60 and half younger.median 60020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Lori is most common

Relative to births, Pennsylvania carries 2.2× the national share of Loris. Ohio, Indiana and New York follow.

Where Lori is used more than average4 states use the name Lori more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.4× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: 1.6× the national rateINOhio: 2.1× the national rateOHPennsylvania: 2.2× the national ratePANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Lori is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Pennsylvania 89 2.2×
Ohio 87 2.1×
Indiana 39 1.6×
New York 95 1.4×

Lori in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Lori ranked #2,006 in 2025 on 14 births. That is 75% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Lori

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Lori Loughlin American actress 1964 32
Lori Petty American actress 1963 29
Lori Singer American actress and classical musician 1957 27
Lori Lightfoot Mayor of Chicago from 2019 to 2023 1962 27
Lori Sandri Brazilian association football player and manager 1949–2014 24
Lori Alan American actress 1966 24
Lori Nelson American actress and model 1933–2020 22
Lori McNeil American tennis player 1963 21
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 186 in 1950 to 531 in 1951 — 2.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Lori

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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