Lorel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lorel

The Social Security Administration has registered 288 babies named Lorel between 1939 and 2023, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lorel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lorel performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Lorel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lorel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lorel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 288 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.