# Lorne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lorne/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,352 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,302 / 50 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 50, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 7 | 4,009 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,986 |
| 1949 | 5 | 5,683 |
| 1958 | 6 | 5,809 |
| 1962 | 6 | 6,266 |
| 1965 | 6 | 6,211 |
| 1969 | 5 | 8,125 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,500 |
| 1985 | 5 | 11,705 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 8,512 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,382 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,334 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,353 |
| 2015 | 17 | 5,430 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,606 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,921 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,428 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,401 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,445 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,356 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,740 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,358 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,808 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,155 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 1997 | 6 | 1,761 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1,949 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## People named Lorne

- Lorne Michaels, Canadian and American television producer, writer, and actor (born 1944)
- Lorne Greene, Canadian actor, musician, singer, and radio personality (1915–1987)
- Lorne Cardinal, Canadian actor and director
- Lorne Loomer, Canadian rower
- Lorne Lanning, American game designer
- Lorne Carr-Harris, Canadian-British ice hockey player (1899–1981)
- Lorne Chabot, Canadian ice hockey player (1900–1946)
- Lorne Munroe, American classical musician (1924-2020)
- Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (1929–2007)

## 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.