Lorraine
#1,043 for girls in 2025, 238 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1928 · 5,982 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 31 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 209,910since 1882
Lorraine over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,043 | 238 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,420 | 157 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,356 | 166 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,295 | 182 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,370 | 161 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,389 | 157 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,415 | 158 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,577 | 137 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,580 | 138 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,550 | 144 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,719 | 122 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,781 | 115 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,695 | 123 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,145 | 88 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,857 | 108 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,313 | 82 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,041 | 100 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,789 | 122 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,475 | 158 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,846 | 110 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,969 | 97 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,546 | 128 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,498 | 130 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,573 | 118 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,489 | 126 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,210 | 164 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,243 | 151 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,259 | 144 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,163 | 159 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,015 | 184 | — | |
| 1995 | #883 | 215 | — | |
| 1994 | #901 | 213 | — | |
| 1993 | #746 | 278 | — | |
| 1992 | #751 | 279 | — | |
| 1991 | #696 | 306 | — | |
| 1990 | #653 | 341 | — | |
| 1989 | #636 | 330 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #566 | 363 | — | |
| 1987 | #539 | 374 | — | |
| 1986 | #562 | 355 | — | |
| 1985 | #493 | 413 | — | |
| 1984 | #513 | 379 | — | |
| 1983 | #468 | 432 | — | |
| 1982 | #451 | 472 | — | |
| 1981 | #435 | 489 | — | |
| 1980 | #430 | 502 | — | |
| 1979 | #411 | 523 | — | |
| 1978 | #408 | 507 | — | |
| 1977 | #414 | 494 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #378 | 544 | — | |
| 1975 | #338 | 655 | — | |
| 1974 | #343 | 635 | — | |
| 1973 | #315 | 733 | — | |
| 1972 | #310 | 775 | — | |
| 1971 | #288 | 977 | — | |
| 1970 | #263 | 1,159 | — | |
| 1969 | #238 | 1,248 | — | |
| 1968 | #224 | 1,330 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #205 | 1,522 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #189 | 1,741 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #170 | 2,060 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #165 | 2,356 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #154 | 2,592 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #147 | 2,951 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #143 | 3,113 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #135 | 3,338 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #137 | 3,138 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #136 | 3,163 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #129 | 3,420 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #124 | 3,430 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #126 | 3,372 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #120 | 3,467 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #118 | 3,312 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #109 | 3,463 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #102 | 3,484 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #105 | 3,344 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #102 | 3,457 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #96 | 3,745 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #84 | 4,414 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #93 | 3,886 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #87 | 3,207 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #93 | 3,046 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #94 | 3,015 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #91 | 3,010 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #93 | 2,688 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1940 | #95 | 2,579 | #1,736 | 16 |
| 1939 | #95 | 2,593 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #93 | 2,740 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #83 | 2,940 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #76 | 3,167 | #1,540 | 19 |
| 1935 | #68 | 3,405 | #1,326 | 26 |
| 1934 | #56 | 3,775 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #54 | 3,797 | #1,540 | 20 |
| 1932 | #55 | 4,162 | #1,426 | 24 |
| 1931 | #49 | 4,588 | #1,489 | 22 |
| 1930 | #46 | 5,166 | #1,093 | 40 |
| 1929 | #42 | 5,352 | #1,272 | 31 |
| 1928 | #39 | 5,982 | #1,569 | 23 |
| 1927 | #44 | 5,729 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1926 | #53 | 4,891 | #1,515 | 24 |
| 1925 | #51 | 4,983 | #1,332 | 30 |
| 1924 | #52 | 5,109 | #1,492 | 26 |
| 1923 | #57 | 4,764 | #1,696 | 21 |
| 1922 | #56 | 4,668 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #61 | 4,533 | #1,360 | 30 |
| 1920 | #70 | 3,928 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #62 | 3,976 | #1,297 | 30 |
| 1918 | #69 | 3,876 | #1,343 | 28 |
| 1917 | #115 | 1,961 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #128 | 1,671 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #141 | 1,323 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #152 | 969 | #1,441 | 18 |
| 1913 | #160 | 724 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #176 | 554 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #193 | 365 | — | |
| 1910 | #210 | 310 | — | |
| 1909 | #214 | 269 | — | |
| 1908 | #214 | 253 | — | |
| 1907 | #244 | 192 | — | |
| 1906 | #261 | 159 | — | |
| 1905 | #268 | 149 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #282 | 126 | — | |
| 1903 | #281 | 125 | — | |
| 1902 | #312 | 103 | — | |
| 1901 | #300 | 101 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #302 | 118 | — | |
| 1899 | #344 | 75 | — | |
| 1898 | #361 | 75 | — | |
| 1897 | #386 | 56 | — | |
| 1896 | #428 | 45 | — | |
| 1895 | #404 | 48 | — | |
| 1894 | #463 | 36 | — | |
| 1893 | #520 | 28 | — | |
| 1892 | #489 | 31 | — | |
| 1891 | #572 | 21 | — | |
| 1890 | #524 | 25 | — | |
| 1889 | #567 | 20 | — | |
| 1888 | #558 | 20 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lorraine! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lorraine is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#30 · 1 in 160
- New Jersey#39 · 1 in 178
- Rhode Island#41 · 1 in 152
- Vermont#48 · 1 in 174
- Maine#48 · 1 in 175
Best ever in a state: #3 in New Hampshire, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #30 | 893 | 1 in 160 |
| New Jersey | #39 | 242 | 1 in 178 |
| Rhode Island | #41 | 48 | 1 in 152 |
| Maine | #48 | 51 | 1 in 175 |
| Vermont | #48 | 20 | 1 in 174 |
| New Mexico | #49 | 49 | 1 in 185 |
| Hawaii | #51 | 26 | 1 in 205 |
| Connecticut | #52 | 76 | 1 in 230 |
| Massachusetts | #56 | 188 | 1 in 235 |
| New Hampshire | #66 | 21 | 1 in 230 |
| Colorado | #72 | 47 | 1 in 309 |
| Pennsylvania | #75 | 325 | 1 in 315 |
| Delaware | #78 | 10 | 1 in 302 |
| North Dakota | #90 | 17 | 1 in 400 |
| Montana | #91 | 18 | 1 in 328 |
| Arizona | #94 | 25 | 1 in 361 |
| California | #97 | 285 | 1 in 398 |
| District of Columbia | #97 | 30 | 1 in 394 |
| Michigan | #111 | 132 | 1 in 555 |
| Maryland | #121 | 38 | 1 in 600 |
| Florida | #122 | 49 | 1 in 577 |
| Idaho | #124 | 12 | 1 in 506 |
| Illinois | #124 | 133 | 1 in 654 |
| Louisiana | #128 | 57 | 1 in 596 |
| Wyoming | #128 | 5 | 1 in 529 |
| Iowa | #141 | 31 | 1 in 894 |
| Minnesota | #144 | 39 | 1 in 851 |
| Oregon | #147 | 21 | 1 in 719 |
| Nebraska | #148 | 17 | 1 in 779 |
| Utah | #148 | 13 | 1 in 655 |
| Washington | #148 | 33 | 1 in 749 |
| South Dakota | #155 | 9 | 1 in 802 |
| Wisconsin | #157 | 32 | 1 in 1,151 |
| Ohio | #158 | 86 | 1 in 990 |
| Indiana | #179 | 33 | 1 in 1,269 |
| Virginia | #196 | 30 | 1 in 1,166 |
| Kansas | #206 | 12 | 1 in 1,495 |
| South Carolina | #228 | 21 | 1 in 1,315 |
| Missouri | #256 | 17 | 1 in 2,315 |
| Georgia | #258 | 22 | 1 in 1,902 |
| North Carolina | #274 | 24 | 1 in 2,011 |
| Kentucky | #280 | 14 | 1 in 2,396 |
| Mississippi | #282 | 16 | 1 in 1,771 |
| West Virginia | #308 | 8 | 1 in 2,864 |
| Oklahoma | #327 | 8 | 1 in 2,706 |
| Alabama | #331 | 13 | 1 in 2,832 |
| Arkansas | #340 | 7 | 1 in 3,049 |
| Texas | #405 | 30 | 1 in 3,190 |
| Tennessee | #509 | 5 | 1 in 7,340 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
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 Lorraine
- 377 spots since 2024 (#1,420 → #1,043)
- 346 spots since 2020 (#1,389 → #1,043)
- 676 spots since 2015 (#1,719 → #1,043)
- Biggest jump: 478 spots in 1888 (#1,036 → #558)
- Biggest drop: 316 spots in 1885 (#731 → #1,047)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1928 at #39 (5,982 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1918–1948
- Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1888–1995
- Highest: 1 in 193 girls born in 1928 were named Lorraine (0.52%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,753 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 23.8% of all girls named Lorraine (49,939) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | #558 (1888) | #807 |
| 1890s | 440 | #344 (1899) | #449 |
| 1900s | 1,595 | #214 (1909) | #268 |
| 1910s | 15,729 | #62 (1919) | #141 |
| 1920s | 49,939 | #39 (1928) | #53 |
| 1930s | 36,333 | #46 (1930) | #68 |
| 1940s | 33,047 | #84 (1947) | #93 |
| 1950s | 33,593 | #102 (1951) | #121 |
| 1960s | 22,251 | #135 (1960) | #177 |
| 1970s | 7,002 | #263 (1970) | #347 |
| 1980s | 4,109 | #430 (1980) | #509 |
| 1990s | 2,270 | #653 (1990) | #931 |
| 2000s | 1,253 | #1,210 (2000) | #1,644 |
| 2010s | 1,215 | #1,415 (2019) | #1,763 |
| 2020s | 1,061 | #1,043 (2025) | #1,312 |
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.
Lorraine in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 512 of them was named Lorraine, which outranked 98.3% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 179,026 of them was named Lorraine, which outranked 41.9% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,321Wilfrid11
- #2,321Wille11
- #2,321Yale11
- #2,438Lorraine10
- #2,438Alben10
- #2,438Alcide10
- #2,438Ambrosio10
- #2,580Abbott9
- #2,580Abelino9
- #2,580Adolf9
Tied with 141 names at #2,438; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.