Lorelei
- #441 for girls in 2025, 699 births
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 715 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 18,189since 1916
Lorelei over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lorelei has never cracked the top 400 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #441 | 699 |
| 2024 | #454 | 690 |
| 2023 | #485 | 631 |
| 2022 | #441 | 715 |
| 2021 | #446 | 701 |
| 2020 | #504 | 601 |
| 2019 | #456 | 682 |
| 2018 | #472 | 659 |
| 2017 | #462 | 683 |
| 2016 | #450 | 716 |
| 2015 | #449 | 704 |
| 2014 | #482 | 653 |
| 2013 | #496 | 604 |
| 2012 | #528 | 573 |
| 2011 | #502 | 585 |
| 2010 | #535 | 548 |
| 2009 | #597 | 504 |
| 2008 | #681 | 446 |
| 2007 | #681 | 431 |
| 2006 | #734 | 380 |
| 2005 | #809 | 320 |
| 2004 | #965 | 248 |
| 2003 | #1,020 | 226 |
| 2002 | #1,056 | 202 |
| 2001 | #1,795 | 99 |
| 2000 | #2,426 | 63 |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 |
| 1993 | #2,938 | 40 |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 |
| 1991 | #2,703 | 44 |
| 1990 | #2,799 | 41 |
| 1989 | #3,330 | 31 |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 |
| 1986 | #2,420 | 41 |
| 1985 | #1,997 | 54 |
| 1984 | #2,227 | 44 |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 |
| 1982 | #1,950 | 54 |
| 1981 | #1,912 | 56 |
| 1980 | #1,981 | 53 |
| 1979 | #1,645 | 68 |
| 1978 | #1,473 | 77 |
| 1977 | #1,637 | 64 |
| 1976 | #1,464 | 71 |
| 1975 | #1,571 | 63 |
| 1974 | #1,553 | 62 |
| 1973 | #1,788 | 48 |
| 1972 | #1,698 | 52 |
| 1971 | #1,709 | 53 |
| 1970 | #1,389 | 75 |
| 1969 | #1,201 | 86 |
| 1968 | #1,291 | 73 |
| 1967 | #1,046 | 97 |
| 1966 | #1,022 | 102 |
| 1965 | #966 | 113 |
| 1964 | #1,112 | 97 |
| 1963 | #983 | 117 |
| 1962 | #1,032 | 109 |
| 1961 | #1,036 | 111 |
| 1960 | #1,001 | 115 |
| 1959 | #1,005 | 110 |
| 1958 | #969 | 114 |
| 1957 | #851 | 142 |
| 1956 | #846 | 137 |
| 1955 | #809 | 143 |
| 1954 | #700 | 176 |
| 1953 | #772 | 141 |
| 1952 | #863 | 114 |
| 1951 | #852 | 111 |
| 1950 | #1,016 | 81 |
| 1949 | #1,077 | 69 |
| 1948 | #1,085 | 67 |
| 1947 | #1,170 | 59 |
| 1946 | #1,306 | 44 |
| 1945 | #1,131 | 48 |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 |
| 1943 | #1,228 | 43 |
| 1942 | #864 | 79 |
| 1941 | #798 | 82 |
| 1940 | #944 | 58 |
| 1939 | #752 | 83 |
| 1938 | #618 | 121 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,244 | 36 |
| 1928 | #994 | 56 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
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| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
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| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five girls were named Lorelei! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1920, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lorelei is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Oregon#223 · 1 in 816
- West Virginia#230 · 1 in 725
- Minnesota#241 · 1 in 934
- Tennessee#244 · 1 in 1,002
- Missouri#265 · 1 in 1,056
Best ever in a state: #117 in New Hampshire, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #223 | 16 | 1 in 816 |
| West Virginia | #230 | 7 | 1 in 725 |
| Minnesota | #241 | 23 | 1 in 934 |
| Tennessee | #244 | 32 | 1 in 1,002 |
| Missouri | #265 | 23 | 1 in 1,056 |
| Nebraska | #267 | 8 | 1 in 887 |
| Ohio | #268 | 41 | 1 in 1,153 |
| Iowa | #275 | 12 | 1 in 981 |
| Kentucky | #275 | 16 | 1 in 1,078 |
| New Mexico | #296 | 5 | 1 in 935 |
| Oklahoma | #296 | 14 | 1 in 1,056 |
| Alabama | #297 | 16 | 1 in 1,145 |
| Arkansas | #301 | 10 | 1 in 1,059 |
| Idaho | #308 | 7 | 1 in 1,023 |
| Colorado | #317 | 19 | 1 in 1,228 |
| Pennsylvania | #335 | 32 | 1 in 1,459 |
| Wisconsin | #344 | 15 | 1 in 1,351 |
| Indiana | #359 | 19 | 1 in 1,469 |
| Michigan | #374 | 23 | 1 in 1,554 |
| Nevada | #374 | 7 | 1 in 1,314 |
| South Carolina | #403 | 12 | 1 in 1,524 |
| Kansas | #404 | 8 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Illinois | #417 | 25 | 1 in 1,773 |
| Washington | #430 | 16 | 1 in 1,804 |
| Virginia | #465 | 17 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Florida | #471 | 39 | 1 in 2,225 |
| North Carolina | #472 | 23 | 1 in 2,021 |
| Louisiana | #477 | 9 | 1 in 1,819 |
| Georgia | #487 | 23 | 1 in 1,966 |
| Texas | #487 | 66 | 1 in 2,432 |
| Mississippi | #514 | 5 | 1 in 1,780 |
| Maryland | #600 | 8 | 1 in 2,498 |
| New Jersey | #667 | 11 | 1 in 3,227 |
| California | #814 | 36 | 1 in 4,492 |
| Arizona | #818 | 7 | 1 in 4,031 |
| New York | #1,028 | 14 | 1 in 5,595 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 63 spots since 2020 (#504 → #441)
- Biggest jump: 1,101 spots in 1928
- Biggest drop: 364 spots in 1943
Rise & fade · girls
106 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2022 at #441 (715 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 2004–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,294
- Highest: 1 in 2,294 girls born in 2022 were named Lorelei (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,299 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 35.2% of all girls named Lorelei (6,407) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,417 (1916) | #4,417 |
| 1920s | 154 | #994 (1928) | #2,900 |
| 1930s | 354 | #618 (1938) | #1,644 |
| 1940s | 587 | #798 (1941) | #1,090 |
| 1950s | 1,269 | #700 (1954) | #868 |
| 1960s | 1,020 | #966 (1965) | #1,069 |
| 1970s | 633 | #1,389 (1970) | #1,593 |
| 1980s | 429 | #1,912 (1981) | #2,499 |
| 1990s | 375 | #2,703 (1991) | #3,174 |
| 2000s | 2,919 | #597 (2009) | #1,076 |
| 2010s | 6,407 | #449 (2015) | #483 |
| 2020s | 4,037 | #441 (2022) | #462 |
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.
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