Meaning not yet researched.
Lorraine: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 238 in 2025. Its best rank was #39 in 1928.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #39 in 1928; #1,044 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lorraine in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,044 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1928, at #39.
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Lorraine: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 238 girls in 2025. Peak: #39 in 1928 · most girls in one year: 5,982 (1928).
In 2025, 238 US girls were named Lorraine, making it the 1,044th most common girls’ name of the year, up 379 places from #1,423 in 2024. That is 81 more than the 157 girls named Lorraine in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #39, reached in 1928. That year also had the most girls given the name: 5,982. For comparison, it was #1,724 in 2015 and #105 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lorraine in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 6 babies. In all, 210,845 US babies have been given the name, 99.5% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 50,198 babies named Lorraine.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,638 US girls were named Lorraine; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 238. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,753 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lorraine ranked highest in Iowa in 2025, at #415 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Loraine (17,624 babies since 1880), Laurine (2,526 babies since 1880), Lorine (8,762 babies since 1880) and Lorianne (1,702 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lorain, Lorayne and Lorrine are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lorie and Lorrie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lorain (1,237), Lorayne (1,157), Lorrine (938), Lorrayne (827), Lorrain (646), Lorriane (607), Lorrene (556), Lorrin (459), Lorane (428), Lourine (320), Lorrane (124), Lorainne (40), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 32 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 8 | #415 | — |
| Kansas | 7 | #478 | — |
| Minnesota | 8 | #634 | — |
| Missouri | 8 | #696 | — |
| Illinois | 12 | #774 | — |
| Arizona | 8 | #791 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #813 | — |
| Michigan | 8 | #918 | #1,212 |
| Texas | 30 | #974 | #1,677 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #978 | — |
| Washington | 6 | #995 | — |
| Virginia | 7 | #1,000 | — |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,072 | — |
| Ohio | 8 | #1,096 | — |
| New York | 12 | #1,207 | #1,044 |
| Florida | 12 | #1,216 | — |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,229 | — |
| California | 16 | #1,452 | #1,694 |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,479 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 238 | #1,044 | — | — |
| 2024 | 157 | #1,423 | — | — |
| 2023 | 166 | #1,359 | — | — |
| 2022 | 182 | #1,302 | — | — |
| 2021 | 161 | #1,374 | — | — |
| 2020 | 157 | #1,394 | — | — |
| 2019 | 158 | #1,420 | — | — |
| 2018 | 137 | #1,582 | — | — |
| 2017 | 138 | #1,588 | — | — |
| 2016 | 144 | #1,558 | — | — |
| 2015 | 122 | #1,724 | — | — |
| 2014 | 115 | #1,791 | — | — |
| 2013 | 123 | #1,700 | — | — |
| 2012 | 88 | #2,155 | — | — |
| 2011 | 108 | #1,866 | — | — |
| 2010 | 82 | #2,329 | — | — |
| 2009 | 100 | #2,051 | — | — |
| 2008 | 122 | #1,796 | — | — |
| 2007 | 158 | #1,479 | — | — |
| 2006 | 110 | #1,856 | — | — |
| 2005 | 97 | #1,979 | — | — |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,552 | — | — |
| 2003 | 130 | #1,506 | — | — |
| 2002 | 118 | #1,579 | — | — |
| 2001 | 126 | #1,493 | — | — |
| 2000 | 164 | #1,213 | — | — |
| 1999 | 151 | #1,247 | — | — |
| 1998 | 144 | #1,263 | — | — |
| 1997 | 159 | #1,164 | — | — |
| 1996 | 184 | #1,017 | — | — |
| 1995 | 215 | #884 | — | — |
| 1994 | 213 | #902 | — | — |
| 1993 | 278 | #746 | — | — |
| 1992 | 279 | #752 | — | — |
| 1991 | 306 | #697 | — | — |
| 1990 | 341 | #654 | — | — |
| 1989 | 330 | #637 | 7 | #6,657 |
| 1988 | 363 | #567 | — | — |
| 1987 | 374 | #540 | — | — |
| 1986 | 355 | #562 | — | — |
| 1985 | 413 | #493 | — | — |
| 1984 | 379 | #513 | — | — |
| 1983 | 432 | #468 | — | — |
| 1982 | 472 | #451 | — | — |
| 1981 | 489 | #437 | — | — |
| 1980 | 502 | #431 | — | — |
| 1979 | 523 | #411 | — | — |
| 1978 | 507 | #408 | — | — |
| 1977 | 494 | #414 | 5 | #6,446 |
| 1976 | 544 | #378 | — | — |
| 1975 | 655 | #338 | — | — |
| 1974 | 635 | #343 | — | — |
| 1973 | 733 | #315 | — | — |
| 1972 | 775 | #311 | — | — |
| 1971 | 977 | #288 | — | — |
| 1970 | 1,159 | #263 | — | — |
| 1969 | 1,248 | #238 | — | — |
| 1968 | 1,330 | #224 | 5 | #4,506 |
| 1967 | 1,522 | #205 | 5 | #4,326 |
| 1966 | 1,741 | #189 | 5 | #4,304 |
| 1965 | 2,060 | #170 | 7 | #3,432 |
| 1964 | 2,356 | #165 | 16 | #2,081 |
| 1963 | 2,592 | #154 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1962 | 2,951 | #147 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1961 | 3,113 | #143 | 11 | #2,638 |
| 1960 | 3,338 | #135 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1959 | 3,138 | #137 | 5 | #4,341 |
| 1958 | 3,163 | #136 | 8 | #3,178 |
| 1957 | 3,420 | #129 | 13 | #2,338 |
| 1956 | 3,430 | #124 | 5 | #4,260 |
| 1955 | 3,372 | #126 | 7 | #3,380 |
| 1954 | 3,467 | #120 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1953 | 3,312 | #118 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 1952 | 3,463 | #109 | 7 | #3,268 |
| 1951 | 3,484 | #102 | 6 | #3,579 |
| 1950 | 3,344 | #105 | 10 | #2,522 |
| 1949 | 3,457 | #102 | 9 | #2,730 |
| 1948 | 3,745 | #96 | 14 | #2,077 |
| 1947 | 4,414 | #84 | 5 | #4,054 |
| 1946 | 3,886 | #93 | 11 | #2,354 |
| 1945 | 3,207 | #87 | 14 | #1,898 |
| 1944 | 3,046 | #93 | 12 | #2,145 |
| 1943 | 3,015 | #94 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 1942 | 3,010 | #91 | 14 | #2,011 |
| 1941 | 2,688 | #93 | 24 | #1,395 |
| 1940 | 2,579 | #95 | 16 | #1,771 |
| 1939 | 2,593 | #95 | 14 | #1,928 |
| 1938 | 2,740 | #93 | 21 | #1,505 |
| 1937 | 2,940 | #83 | 19 | #1,610 |
| 1936 | 3,167 | #76 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1935 | 3,405 | #68 | 26 | #1,340 |
| 1934 | 3,775 | #56 | 20 | #1,589 |
| 1933 | 3,797 | #54 | 20 | #1,571 |
| 1932 | 4,162 | #55 | 24 | #1,450 |
| 1931 | 4,588 | #49 | 22 | #1,519 |
| 1930 | 5,166 | #46 | 40 | #1,103 |
| 1929 | 5,352 | #42 | 31 | #1,285 |
| 1928 | 5,982 | #39 | 23 | #1,590 |
| 1927 | 5,729 | #44 | 28 | #1,426 |
| 1926 | 4,891 | #53 | 24 | #1,545 |
| 1925 | 4,983 | #51 | 30 | #1,350 |
| 1924 | 5,109 | #52 | 26 | #1,517 |
| 1923 | 4,764 | #57 | 21 | #1,732 |
| 1922 | 4,668 | #56 | 23 | #1,622 |
| 1921 | 4,533 | #61 | 30 | #1,379 |
| 1920 | 3,928 | #70 | 23 | #1,625 |
| 1919 | 3,976 | #62 | 30 | #1,306 |
| 1918 | 3,876 | #69 | 28 | #1,365 |
| 1917 | 1,961 | #116 | 20 | #1,677 |
| 1916 | 1,671 | #128 | 16 | #1,905 |
| 1915 | 1,323 | #141 | 14 | #2,028 |
| 1914 | 969 | #152 | 18 | #1,472 |
| 1913 | 724 | #160 | 9 | #2,032 |
| 1912 | 554 | #176 | 6 | #2,450 |
| 1911 | 365 | #193 | — | — |
| 1910 | 310 | #210 | — | — |
| 1909 | 269 | #214 | — | — |
| 1908 | 253 | #214 | — | — |
| 1907 | 192 | #246 | — | — |
| 1906 | 159 | #261 | — | — |
| 1905 | 149 | #269 | 5 | #1,347 |
| 1904 | 126 | #282 | — | — |
| 1903 | 125 | #281 | — | — |
| 1902 | 103 | #313 | — | — |
| 1901 | 101 | #301 | 5 | #1,148 |
| 1900 | 118 | #302 | — | — |
| 1899 | 75 | #344 | — | — |
| 1898 | 75 | #364 | — | — |
| 1897 | 56 | #390 | — | — |
| 1896 | 45 | #431 | — | — |
| 1895 | 48 | #406 | — | — |
| 1894 | 36 | #470 | — | — |
| 1893 | 28 | #526 | — | — |
| 1892 | 31 | #492 | — | — |
| 1891 | 21 | #581 | — | — |
| 1890 | 25 | #530 | — | — |
| 1889 | 20 | #585 | — | — |
| 1888 | 20 | #562 | — | — |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,100 | — | — |
| 1886 | 7 | #953 | — | — |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,134 | — | — |
| 1884 | 9 | #771 | — | — |
| 1882 | 6 | #861 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).