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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013girlsat 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 2013

  • 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: #821 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,260 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: #594 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,220 girlsILWisconsin: #829 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,614 girlsWIMichigan: #611 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,203 girlsMINew York: #1,053 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,519 girlsNYMassachusetts: #660 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,626 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedNVWyoming: 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: #402 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,865 girlsINOhio: #883 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,259 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,093 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 7,327 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedUTColorado: #608 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,840 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedNEMissouri: #559 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,702 girlsMOKentucky: #480 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,312 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedWVVirginia: #814 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,535 girlsVAMaryland: #656 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,360 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedDEArizona: #964 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,121 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedKSArkansas: #467 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,884 girlsARTennessee: #594 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,974 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #576 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,953 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #497 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,190 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #629 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,879 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,021 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,819 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedHITexas: #738 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 4,127 girlsTXFlorida: #645 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,529 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Indiana#402 · 1 in 1,865
  2. Arkansas#467 · 1 in 1,884
  3. Kentucky#480 · 1 in 2,312
  4. South Carolina#497 · 1 in 2,190
  5. Missouri#559 · 1 in 2,702

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Indiana#402161 in 1,865
Arkansas#46761 in 1,884
Kentucky#48081 in 2,312
South Carolina#49781 in 2,190
Missouri#559101 in 2,702
North Carolina#576151 in 2,953
Illinois#594181 in 3,220
Tennessee#594101 in 2,974
Colorado#60881 in 2,840
Michigan#611131 in 3,203
Louisiana#62971 in 2,879
Florida#645231 in 3,529
Maryland#65671 in 3,360
Massachusetts#66071 in 3,626
Texas#738391 in 4,127
Virginia#81481 in 4,535
Washington#82171 in 4,260
Wisconsin#82951 in 4,614
Ohio#883101 in 5,259
Arizona#96461 in 5,121
Georgia#1,02181 in 5,819
New York#1,053141 in 6,519
California#1,093281 in 7,327
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 2013

girls
#800
338 births · 1 in 5,192 girls

Top girls' names in 2013

  1. #1Sophia21,255
  2. #2Emma20,973
  3. #3Olivia18,454
  4. #4Isabella17,689
  5. #5Ava15,271
  6. #6Mia13,166
  7. #7Emily13,144
  8. #8Abigail12,429
  9. #9Madison10,605
  10. #10Elizabeth9,476
  11. #800Lorelai338
More about 2013

girls

1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 5,192 of them was named Lorelai, which outranked 95.9% of the 19,279 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. #797Wren340
  2. #798Emory339
  3. #798Milania339
  4. #800Lorelai338
  5. #800Alaya338
  6. #800Galilea338
  7. #803Bryn337
  8. #803Jenny337
  9. #805Yamileth336

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

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,124Daleyza#3,711 → #587
  2. ↑ 736Marjorie#1,646 → #910
  3. ↑ 683Lennon#1,612 → #929
  4. ↑ 561Jurnee#1,457 → #896
  5. ↑ 539Everleigh#1,405 → #866
Fallers
  1. ↓ 827Litzy#598 → #1,425
  2. ↓ 409Geraldine#994 → #1,403
  3. ↓ 384Taraji#858 → #1,242
  4. ↓ 374Marisa#977 → #1,351
  5. ↓ 372Adley#733 → #1,105

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

See the top 100 for 2013 →