Lorelei
Lorelei is ranked 456th among girls in 2024 (684 births). Its best rank was 441st, in 2022.
- Rank in 2024
- #456up 29 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6840.04% of girls
- Peak year
- 2016716 births
- Best rank
- #441in 2022
- Since 1916
- 17,482people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,482 girls have been named Lorelei in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 716 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2016, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 37%. It has spent 36 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lorelei | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 154 | |
| 1930s | 354 | |
| 1940s | 587 | |
| 1950s | 1,269 | |
| 1960s | 1,020 | |
| 1970s | 633 | |
| 1980s | 429 | |
| 1990s | 375 | |
| 2000s | 2,919 | |
| 2010s | 6,407 | |
| 2020s | 3,330 |
In 2016, its biggest year
Lorelei was the 451st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2016 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Lorelei
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Scarletpeak 2015
- Layapeak 2019
- Nylapeak 2024
- Leelapeak 2016
- Luciannapeak 2024
- Adaliapeak 2024
- Liviapeak 2018
- Leylapeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.