Loralei Girl
How popular is Loralei?
#2,645 girl name in 2025
65 baby girls were named Loralei in the US in 2025, making it the 2645th most popular girl name.
Loralei popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,645 for girls (▲ 244 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 65 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-22% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,259 in 2015, #2,712 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (109 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,840 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1940 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Loralei counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lorelei family of names ranked #404 for girls in 2025 (#407 the year before), with 764 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lorelei | 699 | 91% |
| Loralei | 65 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Loralei is most popular
Babies named Loralei per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Loralei by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 11 | #4,347 |
| 1950s | 21 | #4,192 |
| 1960s | 48 | #4,008 |
| 1970s | 23 | #7,565 |
| 1980s | 10 | #10,672 |
| 1990s | 33 | #10,338 |
| 2000s | 457 | #2,374 |
| 2010s | 828 | #1,840 |
| 2020s | 380 | #2,460 |
Girl names about as popular as Loralei
Questions
- Is Loralei a boy or girl name?
- Loralei is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Loralei were girls.
- How popular is the name Loralei?
- 65 baby girls were named Loralei in the US in 2025, making it the 2645th most popular girl name.
- When was Loralei most popular?
- Loralei peaked in 2011, when 109 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,840 in 2011.
- How many people are named Loralei?
- 1,811 babies have been named Loralei in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,786 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Loralei most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Loralei was most common in Tennessee, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.