How rare is the name Lorraine?

107,539 people in the United States have the first name Lorraine, about 1 in 2,809. It ranks #526 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LORRAINE

#526

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
107,539
About
1 in 2,809
This common or more
59.4%
Who bears it

Of the 107,539 people named Lorraine, 74.6% reported their origin as White, 10.7% as Black and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lorraine peaked in 1928, when 6,005 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
1928
Births that year
6,005
In 2025*
238 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 210,845 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.

Lorraine by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #91. The largest share of babies named Lorraine, 31.1%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,47873
1890s#671440
1900s#3971,605
1910s#19115,870
1920s#9150,198
1930s#11936,558
1940s#18833,183
1950s#23333,676
1960s#31622,320
1970s#6167,007
1980s#9244,116
1990s#1,5662,270
2000s#2,8371,253
2010s#3,1271,215
2020s#2,4251,061
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2726.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4531.1%
Baby boom 1946–6430.2%
Generation X 1965–807.3%
Millennials 1981–962.6%
Generation Z 1997–120.9%
2013 and later0.9%

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 Lorraine is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lorraine has been most common in North Dakota (3.1×), Vermont (3.1×), and Maine (3×), and least common in Nevada (0.12×).

204,250 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.

Exactly as common as Lorraine

1 other first name also has 107,539 people.

#526 Ben · 107,539

Either side of Lorraine

#525 Ray · 107,593#526 Ben · 107,539#528 Marco · 106,978#529 Marlene · 106,957

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,614 Loraine · 9,120#6,526 Lorine · 2,450#8,578 Lorianne · 1,687#18,057 Lorain · 601#18,182 Lorrain · 595#19,075 Lorrine · 560#19,195 Lorriane · 555#19,811 Lorayne · 529

Also a last name

As a last name, Lorraine ranks #27,730 of 156,621, with 920 people. See Lorraine as a last name

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