Loraine
Loraine was given to 25 girls in 2025, #5,172 among girls’ names; 17,624 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,510 Americans named Loraine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (37% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 54 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Loraine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Loraine?
#5,172 among girls’ names, 2025
Loraine rose from #7,836 in 2015 to #5,172 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 8.4 to 15.6 per million.
439 babies in 1922, the peak
Loraine peaked in 1922, when 439 babies were given it (424 girls, #314 among girls’ names). The 25 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,172 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,818 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,706 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,363 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,558 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 16 | #7,089 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,562 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,154 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,948 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,899 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (141)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15 | #7,836 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,764 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,154 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 22 | #6,028 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,649 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 22 | #6,086 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,919 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,256 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 29 | #5,040 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,646 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,534 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,391 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,464 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,797 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,291 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,331 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,543 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,731 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,454 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,241 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,341 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,586 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,593 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,311 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 38 | #3,014 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,986 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,957 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 34 | #3,006 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,291 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,541 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,381 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,167 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,701 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,937 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,248 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,968 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 49 | #2,071 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,879 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 63 | #1,670 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,580 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,745 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 70 | #1,440 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,503 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 80 | #1,282 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 99 | #1,168 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 93 | #1,209 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 123 | #968 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 112 | #988 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 100 | #1,032 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 110 | #977 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 132 | #872 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 140 | #877 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 176 | #782 | 0.09 |
| 1962 | 203 | #725 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 228 | #691 | 0.11 |
| 1960 | 220 | #687 | 0.11 |
| 1959 | 233 | #658 | 0.12 |
| 1958 | 233 | #645 | 0.12 |
| 1957 | 227 | #653 | 0.11 |
| 1956 | 216 | #651 | 0.11 |
| 1955 | 218 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1954 | 230 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1953 | 186 | #662 | 0.10 |
| 1952 | 196 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 208 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 181 | #633 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 184 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 212 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1947 | 236 | #554 | 0.13 |
| 1946 | 240 | #509 | 0.15 |
| 1945 | 221 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1944 | 162 | #579 | 0.12 |
| 1943 | 203 | #529 | 0.15 |
| 1942 | 232 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 180 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1940 | 161 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1939 | 163 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1938 | 158 | #542 | 0.14 |
| 1937 | 179 | #490 | 0.17 |
| 1936 | 164 | #510 | 0.16 |
| 1935 | 211 | #445 | 0.20 |
| 1934 | 214 | #444 | 0.20 |
| 1933 | 241 | #413 | 0.24 |
| 1932 | 281 | #390 | 0.26 |
| 1931 | 278 | #391 | 0.26 |
| 1930 | 335 | #369 | 0.30 |
| 1929 | 355 | #346 | 0.32 |
| 1928 | 393 | #338 | 0.34 |
| 1927 | 381 | #342 | 0.32 |
| 1926 | 396 | #331 | 0.33 |
| 1925 | 421 | #325 | 0.35 |
| 1924 | 386 | #344 | 0.31 |
| 1923 | 412 | #319 | 0.34 |
| 1922 | 424 | #314 | 0.35 |
| 1921 | 407 | #327 | 0.33 |
| 1920 | 389 | #330 | 0.32 |
| 1919 | 414 | #310 | 0.37 |
| 1918 | 387 | #328 | 0.33 |
| 1917 | 365 | #322 | 0.34 |
| 1916 | 307 | #352 | 0.29 |
| 1915 | 296 | #344 | 0.30 |
| 1914 | 250 | #333 | 0.33 |
| 1913 | 186 | #357 | 0.30 |
| 1912 | 163 | #359 | 0.29 |
| 1911 | 116 | #379 | 0.28 |
| 1910 | 111 | #370 | 0.28 |
| 1909 | 90 | #387 | 0.26 |
| 1908 | 73 | #423 | 0.22 |
| 1907 | 77 | #406 | 0.24 |
| 1906 | 63 | #435 | 0.21 |
| 1905 | 60 | #433 | 0.21 |
| 1904 | 66 | #401 | 0.24 |
| 1903 | 55 | #431 | 0.21 |
| 1902 | 46 | #465 | 0.17 |
| 1901 | 37 | #503 | 0.15 |
| 1900 | 42 | #519 | 0.14 |
| 1899 | 34 | #511 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 36 | #525 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 29 | #561 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 30 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 26 | #602 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 22 | #637 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 26 | #559 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 22 | #608 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 15 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 18 | #630 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 15 | #675 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 14 | #707 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 11 | #717 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 6 | #983 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 8 | #732 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Loraine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 17,624 Americans recorded as Loraine, 98% are girls and 2% boys. In 2025 it went to 25 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Loraine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Loraine, and how old are they?
6,510 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 37% of the 17,624 Americans ever recorded as Loraine. The median Loraine alive today is 67 years old; half are between 54 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 9,120 people named Loraine (9,077 women and girls, 43 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,684 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,070 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,060 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,220 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 525 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 339 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 249 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Loraine born?
The states with the most babies named Loraine are New York, Michigan and Texas, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,221 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 1,068 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Texas | 1,056 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| California | 1,044 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 796 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 712 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 615 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Kentucky | 595 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Wisconsin | 579 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Missouri | 382 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Loraine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Loraine is most over-represented in Michigan: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Loraine with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Loraine?
Loraine is a less common spelling of Lorraine: SSA has recorded 17,624 Loraine and 210,845 Lorraine since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 282,337 babies since 1880, Loraine is the third most given (6.2% of them). In 2025 it was given to 25 of their 301 babies (8.3%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Loraine
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Loraine and names like it
- Compare Loraine and LorraineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLoraine peaked in 1922.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Loraine since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Loraine.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Loraine alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.