Lorelai

#333 for girls in 2025, 926 births

Peak · girls
2025 · 926 births
Debut · girls
20 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,253
since 2001

Lorelai over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lorelai has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#333926
2024#402789
2023#473651
2022#480659
2021#521591
2020#525574
2019#553549
2018#568544
2017#544568
2016#623479
2015#655439
2014#819338
2013#800338
2012#733378
2011#797340
2010#748371
2009#779363
2008#890312
2007#868321
2006#993262
2005#1,216187
2004#1,89599
2003#2,04887
2002#2,35268
2001#5,57020
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First appearance
2001

The first year at least five girls were named Lorelai! It came in at #5,570, and was given to 20 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 21 girls a year got the name.

Where Lorelai is popular in 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedNHWashington: #644 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,403 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,340 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,735 girlsILWisconsin: #808 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,036 girlsWIMichigan: #611 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,631 girlsMINew York: #1,170 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,044 girlsNYMassachusetts: #647 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,061 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedRIOregon: #672 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,298 girlsORNevada: #562 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,502 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedIAIndiana: #1,024 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,617 girlsINOhio: #725 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,775 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #443 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,292 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,229 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 9,391 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedNEMissouri: #586 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,299 girlsMOKentucky: #588 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,384 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,145 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,573 girlsVAMaryland: #861 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,029 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,331 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,419 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedLAMississippi: #579 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,501 girlsMSAlabama: #651 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,397 girlsALGeorgia: #915 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,383 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedHITexas: #831 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 5,036 girlsTXFlorida: #966 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,366 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#443 · 1 in 2,292
  2. Nevada#562 · 1 in 2,502
  3. Mississippi#579 · 1 in 2,501
  4. Missouri#586 · 1 in 3,299
  5. Kentucky#588 · 1 in 3,384

Best ever in a state: #90 in Alaska, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#44361 in 2,292
Nevada#56251 in 2,502
Mississippi#57951 in 2,501
Missouri#58691 in 3,299
Kentucky#58861 in 3,384
Michigan#611131 in 3,631
Washington#64491 in 3,403
Massachusetts#64771 in 4,061
Alabama#65161 in 3,397
Oregon#67251 in 3,298
Ohio#725121 in 4,775
Wisconsin#80851 in 5,036
Texas#831331 in 5,036
Maryland#86151 in 5,029
Georgia#915101 in 5,383
Florida#966141 in 6,366
Indiana#1,02451 in 6,617
Virginia#1,14551 in 7,573
New York#1,170121 in 8,044
California#1,229251 in 9,391
North Carolina#1,33151 in 9,419
Illinois#1,34071 in 9,735
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See more about Lorelai
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 69 spots since 2024 (#402 → #333)
  • 192 spots since 2020 (#525 → #333)
  • 322 spots since 2015 (#655 → #333)
  • Biggest jump: 223 spots in 2006 (#1,216 → #993)
  • Biggest drop: 67 spots in 2013 (#733 → #800)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2001
  • Peaked 2025 at #333 (926 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 2006–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,736
  • Highest: 1 in 1,736 girls born in 2025 were named Lorelai (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 42.4% of all girls named Lorelai (4,344) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s1,719#779 (2009)#1,846
2010s4,344#544 (2017)#684
2020s4,190#333 (2025)#456

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lorelai in 2006

girls
#993
262 births · 1 in 7,257 girls

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #993Lorelai262
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 7,257 of them was named Lorelai, which outranked 95.1% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lorelai
  1. #988Leyla263
  2. #988Mireya263
  3. #988Neveah263
  4. #993Lorelai262
  5. #993Ericka262
  6. #993Fabiola262
  7. #996Janice260
  8. #996Joana260
  9. #996Luisa260

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2006 →