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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017girlsat 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 2017

  • 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: #647 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,107 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: #516 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,392 girlsMNIllinois: #419 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,984 girlsILWisconsin: #427 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,882 girlsWIMichigan: #404 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,876 girlsMINew York: #664 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,520 girlsNYMassachusetts: #614 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,150 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedRIOregon: #361 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,450 girlsORNevada: 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: #364 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,384 girlsIAIndiana: #334 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,433 girlsINOhio: #441 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,071 girlsOHPennsylvania: #465 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,224 girlsPANew Jersey: #596 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,997 girlsNJConnecticut: #326 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,308 girlsCTCalifornia: #848 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 5,019 girlsCAUtah: #698 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,410 girlsUTColorado: #473 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,057 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedNEMissouri: #403 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,731 girlsMOKentucky: #389 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,626 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedWVVirginia: #697 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,603 girlsVAMaryland: #544 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,327 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedDEArizona: #642 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,007 girlsAZNew Mexico: #349 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,161 girlsNMKansas: #357 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,333 girlsKSArkansas: #425 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,605 girlsARTennessee: #511 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,186 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #467 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,161 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #515 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,220 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #361 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,431 girlsOKLouisiana: #495 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,988 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedMSAlabama: #630 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,739 girlsALGeorgia: #730 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,625 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lorelai, so not publishedHITexas: #534 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 2,665 girlsTXFlorida: #504 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,528 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#326 · 1 in 1,308
  2. Indiana#334 · 1 in 1,433
  3. New Mexico#349 · 1 in 1,161
  4. Kansas#357 · 1 in 1,333
  5. Oklahoma#361 · 1 in 1,431

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#32691 in 1,308
Indiana#334211 in 1,433
New Mexico#34951 in 1,161
Kansas#35791 in 1,333
Oklahoma#361111 in 1,431
Oregon#361101 in 1,450
Iowa#36491 in 1,384
Kentucky#389111 in 1,626
Missouri#403151 in 1,731
Michigan#404221 in 1,876
Illinois#419281 in 1,984
Arkansas#42571 in 1,605
Wisconsin#427121 in 1,882
Ohio#441251 in 2,071
Pennsylvania#465231 in 2,224
North Carolina#467211 in 2,161
Colorado#473111 in 2,057
Louisiana#495101 in 1,988
Florida#504341 in 2,528
Tennessee#511141 in 2,186
South Carolina#51581 in 2,220
Minnesota#516101 in 2,392
Texas#534601 in 2,665
Maryland#544101 in 2,327
New Jersey#596121 in 2,997
Massachusetts#61481 in 3,150
Alabama#63071 in 2,739
Arizona#642101 in 3,007
Washington#647101 in 3,107
New York#664251 in 3,520
Virginia#697101 in 3,603
Utah#69851 in 3,410
Georgia#730131 in 3,625
California#848391 in 5,019
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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 2017

girls
#544
568 births · 1 in 3,040 girls

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #544Lorelai568
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 3,040 of them was named Lorelai, which outranked 97.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lorelai
  1. #541Imani573
  2. #542Addyson571
  3. #543Macy570
  4. #544Lorelai568
  5. #544Alanna568
  6. #544Kalani568
  7. #547Leona565
  8. #548Karina564
  9. #549Aleena563

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

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →