Lorraine

#1,043 for girls in 2025, 238 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1928 · 5,982 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
209,910
since 1882

Lorraine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #39, 1928girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,043238
2024#1,420157
2023#1,356166
2022#1,295182
2021#1,370161
2020#1,389157
2019#1,415158
2018#1,577137
2017#1,580138
2016#1,550144
2015#1,719122
2014#1,781115
2013#1,695123
2012#2,14588
2011#1,857108
2010#2,31382
2009#2,041100
2008#1,789122
2007#1,475158
2006#1,846110
2005#1,96997
2004#1,546128
2003#1,498130
2002#1,573118
2001#1,489126
2000#1,210164
1999#1,243151
1998#1,259144
1997#1,163159
1996#1,015184
1995#883215
1994#901213
1993#746278
1992#751279
1991#696306
1990#653341
1989#636330#6,2297
1988#566363
1987#539374
1986#562355
1985#493413
1984#513379
1983#468432
1982#451472
1981#435489
1980#430502
1979#411523
1978#408507
1977#414494#5,8455
1976#378544
1975#338655
1974#343635
1973#315733
1972#310775
1971#288977
1970#2631,159
1969#2381,248
1968#2241,330#4,1365
1967#2051,522#3,9665
1966#1891,741#3,9485
1965#1702,060#3,2447
1964#1652,356#2,04016
1963#1542,592#3,6466
1962#1472,951#3,3057
1961#1433,113#2,53811
1960#1353,338#3,3377
1959#1373,138#3,9885
1958#1363,163#3,0338
1957#1293,420#2,27413
1956#1243,430#3,9425
1955#1263,372#3,2017
1954#1203,467#2,20713
1953#1183,312#2,7099
1952#1093,463#3,0957
1951#1023,484#3,3646
1950#1053,344#2,43810
1949#1023,457#2,6069
1948#963,745#2,02714
1947#844,414#3,7335
1946#933,886#2,27111
1945#873,207#1,85214
1944#933,046#2,08012
1943#943,015#1,76417
1942#913,010#1,94614
1941#932,688#1,37224
1940#952,579#1,73616
1939#952,593#1,87914
1938#932,740#1,47621
1937#832,940#1,57619
1936#763,167#1,54019
1935#683,405#1,32626
1934#563,775#1,55120
1933#543,797#1,54020
1932#554,162#1,42624
1931#494,588#1,48922
1930#465,166#1,09340
1929#425,352#1,27231
1928#395,982#1,56923
1927#445,729#1,40728
1926#534,891#1,51524
1925#514,983#1,33230
1924#525,109#1,49226
1923#574,764#1,69621
1922#564,668#1,59123
1921#614,533#1,36030
1920#703,928#1,59223
1919#623,976#1,29730
1918#693,876#1,34328
1917#1151,961#1,64320
1916#1281,671#1,84916
1915#1411,323#1,96814
1914#152969#1,44118
1913#160724#1,9459
1912#176554#2,2696
1911#193365
1910#210310
1909#214269
1908#214253
1907#244192
1906#261159
1905#268149#1,2335
1904#282126
1903#281125
1902#312103
1901#300101#1,0585
1900#302118
1899#34475
1898#36175
1897#38656
1896#42845
1895#40448
1894#46336
1893#52028
1892#48931
1891#57221
1890#52425
1889#56720
1888#55820
1887#1,0366
1886#8977
1885#1,0475
1884#7319
1883
1882#8136
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Lorraine! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lorraine
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 377 spots since 2024 (#1,420#1,043)
  • 346 spots since 2020 (#1,389#1,043)
  • 676 spots since 2015 (#1,719#1,043)
  • Biggest jump: 478 spots in 1888 (#1,036#558)
  • Biggest drop: 316 spots in 1885 (#731#1,047)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1928 at #39 (5,982 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1918–1948
  • Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1888–1995
Share of babies · girls
1 in 193
  • Highest: 1 in 193 girls born in 1928 were named Lorraine (0.52%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,753 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.8% of all girls named Lorraine (49,939) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s73#558 (1888)#807
1890s440#344 (1899)#449
1900s1,595#214 (1909)#268
1910s15,729#62 (1919)#141
1920s49,939#39 (1928)#53
1930s36,333#46 (1930)#68
1940s33,047#84 (1947)#93
1950s33,593#102 (1951)#121
1960s22,251#135 (1960)#177
1970s7,002#263 (1970)#347
1980s4,109#430 (1980)#509
1990s2,270#653 (1990)#931
2000s1,253#1,210 (2000)#1,644
2010s1,215#1,415 (2019)#1,763
2020s1,061#1,043 (2025)#1,312

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lorraine in 1950

girls
#105
3,344 births · 1 in 512 girls
boys
#2,438
10 births · 1 in 179,026 boys

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #105Lorraine3,344

Top boys' names in 1950

  1. #1James86,228
  2. #2Robert83,553
  3. #3John79,412
  4. #4Michael65,136
  5. #5David60,729
  6. #6William60,680
  7. #7Richard51,003
  8. #8Thomas45,596
  9. #9Charles39,095
  10. #10Gary33,737
  11. #2,438Lorraine10
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 512 of them was named Lorraine, which outranked 98.3% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lorraine
  1. #102Geraldine3,451
  2. #103Charlene3,448
  3. #104Norma3,411
  4. #105Lorraine3,344
  5. #106Annie3,331
  6. #107Lynda3,300
  7. #108Vickie3,283
Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. 1,242Mindy#2,013#771
  2. 649Geralyn#1,627#978
  3. 636Kyle#1,512#876
  4. 416Debrah#1,109#693
  5. 405Debbra#1,353#948
Fallers
  1. 241Luana#823#1,064
  2. 231Christene#930#1,161
  3. 216Pearline#785#1,001
  4. 210Ingrid#518#728
  5. 201Dayle#982#1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 179,026 of them was named Lorraine, which outranked 41.9% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lorraine
  1. #2,321Wilfrid11
  2. #2,321Wille11
  3. #2,321Yale11
  4. #2,438Lorraine10
  5. #2,438Alben10
  6. #2,438Alcide10
  7. #2,438Ambrosio10
  8. #2,580Abbott9
  9. #2,580Abelino9
  10. #2,580Adolf9

Tied with 141 names at #2,438; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. 744Ezzard#1,616#872
  2. 510Kelvin#1,085#575
  3. 447Nancy#1,297#850
  4. 420Samual#1,380#960
  5. 376Shaun#1,275#899
Fallers
  1. 371Sharon#885#1,256
  2. 369Melvyn#770#1,139
  3. 367Les#997#1,364
  4. 351Delmas#905#1,256
  5. 315Denzil#808#1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1950