Lorraine Girl
How popular is Lorraine?
#1,043 girl name in 2025
238 baby girls were named Lorraine in the US in 2025, making it the 1043rd most popular girl name.
Lorraine popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,043 for girls (▲ 377 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 238 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+95% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,719 in 2015, #1,389 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1928 (5,982 girls) |
| Highest rank | #39 in 1928 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lorraine counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lorraine family of names ranked #731 for girls in 2025 (#802 the year before), with 356 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lorraine | 238 | 67% |
| Loren | 55 | 15% |
| Loryn | 11 | 3% |
| Loraine | 25 | 7% |
| Lorene | 17 | 5% |
| Lorin | 10 | 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 Lorraine is most popular
Babies named Lorraine per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.3 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Missouri: 0.2 per 1,000 (19 girls)
Lorraine by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | #558 |
| 1890s | 440 | #344 |
| 1900s | 1,595 | #214 |
| 1910s | 15,729 | #62 |
| 1920s | 49,939 | #39 |
| 1930s | 36,333 | #46 |
| 1940s | 33,047 | #84 |
| 1950s | 33,593 | #102 |
| 1960s | 22,251 | #135 |
| 1970s | 7,002 | #263 |
| 1980s | 4,109 | #430 |
| 1990s | 2,270 | #652 |
| 2000s | 1,253 | #1,208 |
| 2010s | 1,215 | #1,415 |
| 2020s | 1,061 | #1,043 |
Girl names about as popular as Lorraine
Questions
- Is Lorraine a boy or girl name?
- Lorraine is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lorraine were girls.
- How popular is the name Lorraine?
- 238 baby girls were named Lorraine in the US in 2025, making it the 1043rd most popular girl name.
- When was Lorraine most popular?
- Lorraine peaked in 1928, when 5,982 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #39 in 1928.
- How many people are named Lorraine?
- 210,845 babies have been named Lorraine in the US since 1880. We estimate about 96,031 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 71.
- Where is Lorraine most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lorraine was most common in Minnesota, at 0.3 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.