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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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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 | 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 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1882
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 1978
- 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
- New Jersey#221 · 1 in 1,251
- California#234 · 1 in 1,189
- New York#236 · 1 in 1,261
- New Mexico#247 · 1 in 1,023
- District of Columbia#263 · 1 in 1,106
Best ever in a state: #3 in New Hampshire, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #221 | 29 | 1 in 1,251 |
| California | #234 | 129 | 1 in 1,189 |
| New York | #236 | 78 | 1 in 1,261 |
| New Mexico | #247 | 8 | 1 in 1,023 |
| District of Columbia | #263 | 5 | 1 in 1,106 |
| Pennsylvania | #275 | 36 | 1 in 1,833 |
| Arizona | #291 | 11 | 1 in 1,489 |
| Connecticut | #349 | 6 | 1 in 2,365 |
| Texas | #350 | 53 | 1 in 1,951 |
| Florida | #351 | 20 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Maryland | #401 | 7 | 1 in 2,608 |
| North Carolina | #401 | 11 | 1 in 2,943 |
| Utah | #450 | 5 | 1 in 3,033 |
| Washington | #460 | 7 | 1 in 3,278 |
| Massachusetts | #513 | 6 | 1 in 4,943 |
| Virginia | #541 | 6 | 1 in 4,640 |
| Illinois | #546 | 17 | 1 in 4,171 |
| Tennessee | #547 | 6 | 1 in 4,644 |
| Michigan | #577 | 11 | 1 in 5,232 |
| Indiana | #591 | 6 | 1 in 5,799 |
| Georgia | #766 | 5 | 1 in 6,450 |
| Ohio | #874 | 6 | 1 in 11,492 |
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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
Rising
- 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)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1928 at #39 (5,982 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 31 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1918–1948
- Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1888–1995
Share of babies · girls
1 in 193
- Highest: 1 in 193 girls born in 1928 were named Lorraine (0.52%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,753 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 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 1978
girls
#408
507 births · 1 in 3,021 girls
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 3,021 of them was named Lorraine, which outranked 96.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Lorraine
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.