Loralei
Loralei is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 57 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 570.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2011109 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1940
- 1,745people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,745 girls have been named Loralei in the United States since 1940, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2011, with 109 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 47%.
By decade
In 2011, its biggest year
Loralei was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2011 were Sophia, Isabella, Emma, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2011.
Names that rose and fell with Loralei
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Leilahpeak 2010
- Serenitypeak 2013
- Jaliyahpeak 2011
- Liliannapeak 2012
- Jalayapeak 2010
- Maliyahpeak 2009
- Elleepeak 2013
- Jayleighpeak 2011
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.