Lorilei
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 12 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 270since 1954
Lorilei over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lorilei has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
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| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
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| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
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| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
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| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
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| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
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| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
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| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
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First appearance
1954
The first year at least five girls were named Lorilei! It came in at #5,148, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1960–1961, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lorilei is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lorilei in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1959 at #3,619 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 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 126,184
- Highest: 1 in 126,184 girls born in 1968 were named Lorilei (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,619 in 1959, was only 1 in 168,622 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 24.1% of all girls named Lorilei (65) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42 | #3,619 (1959) | #5,014 |
| 1960s | 65 | #3,733 (1965) | #4,769 |
| 1970s | 18 | #7,070 (1970) | #7,266 |
| 1980s | 13 | #7,312 (1983) | #8,995 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 51 | #10,679 (2009) | #13,070 |
| 2010s | 62 | #8,597 (2019) | #11,660 |
| 2020s | 19 | #12,142 (2020) | #13,027 |
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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