# Lorinda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lorinda/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,682 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,682 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

A spelling variant of Laurinda.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8 | 11,363 |
| 2001 | 11 | 9,114 |
| 2002 | 13 | 8,108 |
| 2003 | 8 | 11,953 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12,296 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,088 |
| 2009 | 5 | 19,029 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,726 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,439 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,051 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,063 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,764 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,195 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,913 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,229 |

## People named Lorinda

- Lorinda Cherry, Computer scientist and original Unix team member (1944-2022)

## 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.