Loreley

Peak · girls
2010 · 16 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
124
since 2006

Loreley over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Loreley has never cracked the top 7,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #7,513, 2010girls
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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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rankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#15,2935
2023#12,1977
2022#13,5926
2021#13,4646
2020#13,4536
2019#12,4487
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2016#14,3316
2015#10,8669
2014#10,9559
2013#11,0009
2012#11,2579
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2009#12,4298
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First appearance
2006

The first year at least five girls were named Loreley! It came in at #10,611, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2008, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Loreley is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Loreley in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Loreley
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 351 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #14,942)
  • 1,489 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #14,942)
  • 4,076 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2006
  • Peaked 2010 at #7,513 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 111,100
  • Highest: 1 in 111,100 girls born in 2010 were named Loreley (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 52.4% of all girls named Loreley (65) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s24#10,611 (2006)#12,844
2010s65#7,513 (2010)#11,196
2020s35#12,197 (2023)#13,824

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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