How rare is the name Lorelei?

13,113 people in the United States have the first name Lorelei, about 1 in 23,033. It ranks #2,077 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LORELEI

#2,077

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,113
About
1 in 23,033
This common or more
78.4%
Who bears it

Of the 13,113 people named Lorelei, 79.5% reported their origin as White, 9% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lorelei peaked in 2016, when 716 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
716
In 2025*
699 ▼2%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 18,189 babies have been given the name since 1916. 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.

Lorelei by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #923. The largest share of babies named Lorelei, 48%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#4,114154
1930s#2,234354
1940s#1,875587
1950s#1,4851,269
1960s#1,7881,020
1970s#2,557633
1980s#3,800429
1990s#5,196375
2000s#1,5592,919
2010s#9596,407
2020s#9234,037
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–454.4%
Baby boom 1946–6411.3%
Generation X 1965–806.4%
Millennials 1981–963.5%
Generation Z 1997–1226.1%
2013 and later48%

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 Lorelei is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lorelei has been most common in Washington (1.8×), Florida (1.6×), and Virginia (1.5×), and least common in West Virginia (0.43×).

14,448 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 Lorelei

#2,075 Alonso · 13,114#2,075 Sloane · 13,114#2,078 Deanne · 13,070#2,079 Edmond · 13,062

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,663 Lorelai · 5,565#8,541 Loralee · 1,695#9,801 Loralei · 1,396#13,788 Lorilee · 868#15,272 Lorelle · 756#15,884 Lorelie · 718#17,205 Loreli · 645#23,149 Lorel · 425

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