# Lorelai (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lorelai/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,253 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,253 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 553, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Re-spelling of Lorelei.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 340 | 799 |
| 2012 | 378 | 736 |
| 2013 | 338 | 802 |
| 2014 | 338 | 820 |
| 2015 | 439 | 655 |
| 2016 | 479 | 624 |
| 2017 | 568 | 546 |
| 2018 | 544 | 568 |
| 2019 | 549 | 554 |
| 2020 | 574 | 527 |
| 2021 | 591 | 522 |
| 2022 | 659 | 480 |
| 2023 | 651 | 473 |
| 2024 | 789 | 403 |
| 2025 | 926 | 333 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 894 |
| 2012 | 44 | 857 |
| 2013 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,411 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,452 |
| 2016 | 34 | 1,031 |
| 2017 | 33 | 1,063 |
| 2018 | 39 | 936 |
| 2019 | 34 | 1,017 |
| 2020 | 40 | 894 |
| 2021 | 37 | 936 |
| 2022 | 34 | 1,006 |
| 2023 | 28 | 1,169 |
| 2024 | 35 | 1,007 |
| 2025 | 45 | 807 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.