# Lorna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lorna/  
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 | Scottish Gaelic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 28,557 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 22 / 28,535 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,134, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Coined by English novelist R. D. Blackmore in 1869 for his novel Lorna Doone, possibly from the Scottish place name Lorn(e) in Argyll.

## 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 | 28 | 4,997 |
| 2012 | 47 | 3,445 |
| 2013 | 39 | 3,889 |
| 2014 | 34 | 4,322 |
| 2015 | 36 | 4,116 |
| 2016 | 28 | 4,929 |
| 2017 | 31 | 4,543 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,976 |
| 2019 | 45 | 3,485 |
| 2020 | 53 | 3,048 |
| 2021 | 36 | 4,058 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3,802 |
| 2023 | 42 | 3,687 |
| 2024 | 50 | 3,205 |
| 2025 | 56 | 2,980 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 7 | 3,099 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,409 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,395 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,303 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 1,015 |
| 2012 | 42 | 887 |
| 2013 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2014 | 30 | 1,155 |
| 2015 | 38 | 942 |
| 2016 | 30 | 1,142 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,144 |
| 2018 | 27 | 1,234 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,773 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,383 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,063 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

## People named Lorna

- Lorna Wing, British autism researcher (1928–2014)
- Lorna Luft, American television, stage and film actress and singer
- Lorna Gray, American actress (1917-2017)
- Lorna Raver, American actress
- Lorna Simpson, American photographer (born 1960)
- Lorna Maitland, American actress
- Lorna Patterson, American actress
- Lorna Fitzgerald, character actress
- Lorna Cepeda, Colombian actress
- Lorna Tolentino, Filipino actress
- Lorna Larter, Australian cricketer (1923-2020)
- Lorna Forde, Barbadian athlete

## 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.