girls:
909 births since 1917
#4807 (16th percentile)
boys:
19 births since 2020
#4567 (0th percentile)
overall:
928 births since 1917
#6811 (12th percentile)
The name Lorien is the #6,811 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 928 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 12.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,807 (15.9% percentile) for all time with 909 births since 1917. For boys, it ranks #4,567 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 19 births since 2020.
Lorien first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for girls and 2020 for boys). Birth data for Lorien is available in 57 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (57 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lorien has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 66.7% of babies named Lorien were girls.
For girls, Lorien reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #749) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lorien ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 24.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Lorien reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #927) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Lorien ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 64.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lorien".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Lorien. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.5% confident that Lorien is pronounced as LAW-ree-ehn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LAW-ree-uhn, at 25.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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