Lorelei Girl
How popular is Lorelei?
#441 girl name in 2025
699 baby girls were named Lorelei in the US in 2025, making it the 441st most popular girl name.
Lorelei popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #441 for girls (▲ 13 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 699 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-1% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #449 in 2015, #504 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (716 girls) |
| Highest rank | #441 in 2022 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1916 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lorelei 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 Lorelei is most popular
Babies named Lorelei per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nebraska: 1.0 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- West Virginia: 0.9 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Missouri: 0.9 per 1,000 (110 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.9 per 1,000 (88 girls)
- Iowa: 0.8 per 1,000 (49 girls)
Lorelei by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1920s | 154 | #994 |
| 1930s | 354 | #618 |
| 1940s | 587 | #798 |
| 1950s | 1,269 | #699 |
| 1960s | 1,020 | #966 |
| 1970s | 633 | #1,389 |
| 1980s | 429 | #1,912 |
| 1990s | 375 | #2,697 |
| 2000s | 2,919 | #597 |
| 2010s | 6,407 | #449 |
| 2020s | 4,037 | #441 |
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Questions
- Is Lorelei a boy or girl name?
- Lorelei is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lorelei were girls.
- How popular is the name Lorelei?
- 699 baby girls were named Lorelei in the US in 2025, making it the 441st most popular girl name.
- When was Lorelei most popular?
- Lorelei peaked in 2016, when 716 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #441, held for 2 years starting in 2022.
- How many people are named Lorelei?
- 18,189 babies have been named Lorelei in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,095 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Lorelei most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lorelei was most common in Nebraska, at 1.0 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.