Meaning and history
This name comes from the title Marquis of Lorne, which was based on the Scottish place name Lorne, possibly derived from the name of the legendary king of Dál Riata, Loarn mac Eirc. It was the title of the first Governor General of Canada and has since been used there most often as a given name. A notable bearer was the Canadian actor Lorne Greene (1915–1987).
20062006: 17 births, rank #5,072
2007: 8 births, rank #8,915
2008: 14 births, rank #6,070
2009: 10 births, rank #7,692
2010: 7 births, rank #9,693
20112011: 9 births, rank #8,079
2012: 8 births, rank #8,864
2013: 8 births, rank #8,789
2014: 11 births, rank #7,048
2015: 17 births, rank #5,289
20162016: 6 births, rank #10,744
2017: 10 births, rank #7,546
2018: 11 births, rank #7,136
2019: 7 births, rank #9,756
2020: 6 births, rank #10,605
20212021: 8 births, rank #8,825
2022: 6 births, rank #10,863
2023: 7 births, rank #9,763
2024: 6 births, rank #10,938
20252025: 5 births, rank #12,008
Lorne rose from #852 to #824 for boys between 1971 and 1972. Its highest annual birth count came in 1966, with 186 births.