# Lorraine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lorraine/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | “lotharingian” |
| Pronunciation | /ləˈɹeɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 210,845 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 935 / 209,910 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 341, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Loreyne, from Old French Loherraine, from loherenc (“Lotharingian”); compare Early Medieval Latin Lotharingia (ultimately named for Lothair II, who ruled it); compare Lotharingia, German Lothringen.

## 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 | 108 | 1,866 |
| 2012 | 88 | 2,155 |
| 2013 | 123 | 1,700 |
| 2014 | 115 | 1,791 |
| 2015 | 122 | 1,724 |
| 2016 | 144 | 1,558 |
| 2017 | 138 | 1,588 |
| 2018 | 137 | 1,582 |
| 2019 | 158 | 1,420 |
| 2020 | 157 | 1,394 |
| 2021 | 161 | 1,374 |
| 2022 | 182 | 1,302 |
| 2023 | 166 | 1,359 |
| 2024 | 157 | 1,423 |
| 2025 | 238 | 1,044 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 5 | 4,260 |
| 1957 | 13 | 2,338 |
| 1958 | 8 | 3,178 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,341 |
| 1960 | 7 | 3,530 |
| 1961 | 11 | 2,638 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,516 |
| 1963 | 6 | 3,870 |
| 1964 | 16 | 2,081 |
| 1965 | 7 | 3,432 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,304 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,326 |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,506 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,446 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,657 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Lorraine

- Lorraine Bracco, American actress
- Lorraine Hansberry, African-American playwright and author (1930-1965)
- Lorraine Gary, American actress
- Lorraine Crapp, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
- Lorraine Nicholson, American actress
- Lorraine Daston, American historian of science
- Lorraine Ashbourne, British actress
- Lorraine Ugen, British long jumper
- Lorraine O'Grady, African American conceptual artist (1934–2024)
- Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American mezzo-soprano (1954-2006)
- Lorraine Hillas, Australian field hockey player
- Lorraine Coghlan, Australian tennis player

## 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.