Lorrin
Lorrin is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Lorrin A. Cooke (1831–1902), American politician Lorrin A. Shepard (1890–1983), American medical missionary Lorrin A. Thurston (1858–1931), Hawaiian lawyer, politician, and businessman Lorrin Andrews (1795–1868), American missionary and judge Lorrin Harrison (1913–1993), American surfer
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lorrin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lorrin is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Lorrin A. Cooke (1831–1902), American politician Lorrin A. Shepard (1890–1983), American medical missionary Lorrin A. Thurston (1858–1931), Hawaiian lawyer, politician, and businessman Lorrin Andrews (1795–1868), American missionary and judge Lorrin Harrison (1913–1993), American surfer
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lorrin
As a girl name
American parents first put Lorrin on the record books as a girl name in 1972, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1993, when 29 Lorrins were born — ranking #3,681 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 61% of all recorded Lorrins. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2005 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 244 Lorrins have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Lorrin on the record books as a boy name in 1913, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1969, when 13 Lorrins were born — ranking #2,415 that year. The 1940s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 28% of all recorded Lorrins. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1978 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 215 Lorrins have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Lorrin
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About the name Lorrin
Lorrin is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 244 births in the dataset. Lorrin's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #3,681. Use the chart and map above to compare Lorrin'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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