Lorette
Lorette is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195646 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1897
- 1,096people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,096 girls have been named Lorette in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1956, with 46 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 46 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1920s alone account for 18%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lorette | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 26 | |
| 1910s | 142 | |
| 1920s | 202 | |
| 1930s | 141 | |
| 1940s | 150 | |
| 1950s | 202 | |
| 1960s | 153 | |
| 1970s | 60 | |
| 1980s | 5 | |
| 1990s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 5 |
In 1956, its biggest year
Lorette was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1956 were Mary, Debra, Linda, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1956.
Names that rose and fell with Lorette
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Valdapeak 1957
- Bernettapeak 1921
- Veldapeak 1920
- Germainepeak 1928
- Geneviapeak 1924
- Vernettapeak 1951
- Carmelpeak 1962
- Francepeak 1918
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.