# Lorena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lorena/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 45,179 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 219 / 44,960 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 830, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Italian and Spanish, by folk etymology associated with Laura. Henry Webster's title for his song was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's Lenore.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 223 | 1,107 |
| 2012 | 188 | 1,277 |
| 2013 | 198 | 1,216 |
| 2014 | 201 | 1,217 |
| 2015 | 192 | 1,273 |
| 2016 | 198 | 1,233 |
| 2017 | 169 | 1,370 |
| 2018 | 203 | 1,184 |
| 2019 | 180 | 1,285 |
| 2020 | 175 | 1,276 |
| 2021 | 161 | 1,373 |
| 2022 | 188 | 1,275 |
| 2023 | 179 | 1,285 |
| 2024 | 182 | 1,276 |
| 2025 | 173 | 1,293 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 8 | 4,847 |
| 1983 | 7 | 5,250 |
| 1984 | 10 | 4,100 |
| 1985 | 11 | 3,944 |
| 1986 | 13 | 3,569 |
| 1987 | 9 | 4,797 |
| 1988 | 15 | 3,457 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,542 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,883 |
| 1991 | 8 | 6,291 |
| 1992 | 13 | 4,482 |
| 1993 | 7 | 7,300 |
| 1994 | 9 | 6,155 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,453 |
| 1996 | 8 | 6,876 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 1,117 |
| 2012 | 29 | 1,150 |
| 2013 | 34 | 1,048 |
| 2014 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2015 | 38 | 942 |
| 2016 | 39 | 938 |
| 2017 | 51 | 771 |
| 2018 | 34 | 1,035 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,349 |
| 2020 | 47 | 771 |
| 2021 | 39 | 901 |
| 2022 | 57 | 655 |
| 2023 | 55 | 657 |
| 2024 | 53 | 708 |
| 2025 | 54 | 684 |

## People named Lorena

- Lorena Wiebes, Dutch cyclist
- Lorena Gale, Canadian actress (1958-2009)
- Lorena da Silva Leite, Brazilian association football player
- Lorena Benítez, Argentine association football and futsal player
- Lorena Hickok, American journalist (1893-1968)
- Lorena Sanchez, American pornographic actress
- Lorena Meritano, Argentine-colombian actress
- Lorena Vargas, cyclist
- Kylie Cantrall, American actress and singer
- Karla Godinez, Canadian wrestler

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.