How rare is the name Lorelai?

5,565 people in the United States have the first name Lorelai, about 1 in 54,273. It ranks #3,663 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LORELAI

#3,663

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,565
About
1 in 54,273
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,565 people named Lorelai, 77.3% reported their origin as White, 13% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lorelai peaked in 2025, when 926 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
20012025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
926
In 2025*
926
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,253 babies have been given the name since 2001. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lorelai by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #902. The largest share of babies named Lorelai, 72.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

2000s#2,2731,719
2010s#1,2654,344
2020s#9024,190
Generation Z 1997–1227.4%
2013 and later72.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Lorelai is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lorelai has been most common in Florida (1.8×), Tennessee (1.7×), and Arizona (1.6×), and least common in West Virginia (0.47×).

9,236 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Lorelai

#3,661 Dilan · 5,567#3,661 Neveah · 5,567#3,664 Chet · 5,555#3,664 Dorene · 5,555

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lorelai, most common first.

#2,077 Lorelei · 13,113#9,801 Loralei · 1,396#10,193 Loreal · 1,321#15,272 Lorelle · 756#15,884 Lorelie · 718#17,205 Loreli · 645#23,149 Lorel · 425#23,855 Lorali · 408

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