Lorelai Girl

How popular is Lorelai?

#333 girl name in 2025

926 baby girls were named Lorelai in the US in 2025, making it the 333rd most popular girl name.

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10,205living people named Lorelai (est.)
8median age of people named Lorelai
10,253babies named Lorelai since 1880
1 in 3,580US babies born in 2025

Lorelai popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#333 for girls (▲ 69 from 2024)
Babies in 2025926 girls
10-year trendRising fast (+111% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#655 in 2015, #525 in 2020
Peak year2025 (926 girls)
Highest rank#333 in 2025
First recorded2001
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Lorelai counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lorelai family of names ranked #340 for girls in 2025 (#386 the year before), with 953 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Lorelai 926 97%
Loralai 27 3%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Lorelai is most popular

Babies named Lorelai per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Maine: 1.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
  2. Kentucky: 1.1 per 1,000 (90 girls)
  3. Indiana: 0.9 per 1,000 (129 girls)
  4. South Carolina: 0.9 per 1,000 (80 girls)
  5. Missouri: 0.9 per 1,000 (104 girls)

Lorelai by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
2000s1,719#779
2010s4,344#544
2020s4,190#333

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Questions

Is Lorelai a boy or girl name?
Lorelai is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lorelai were girls.
How popular is the name Lorelai?
926 baby girls were named Lorelai in the US in 2025, making it the 333rd most popular girl name.
When was Lorelai most popular?
Lorelai peaked in 2025, when 926 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #333 in 2025.
How many people are named Lorelai?
10,253 babies have been named Lorelai in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,205 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
Where is Lorelai most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Lorelai was most common in Maine, at 1.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.