Lorene
Lorene is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Lorene Cary, American author, educator, and social activist Lorene T.
Meaning & Origin of Lorene
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lorene is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Lorene Cary, American author, educator, and social activist Lorene T.
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The Story of Lorene
Lorene first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 1,353 Lorenes were born — ranking #167 that year. As of 2026, Lorene ranks #5,449 for baby girls with 23 births, rising sharply (+24% over the past five years). In total, more than 39K Lorenes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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About the name Lorene
Lorene is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 39K births in the dataset. Lorene's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #167. Use the chart and map above to compare Lorene's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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