Girls' name · since 2001
Lorelai
Lorelai has 10,253 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,638 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #333 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,253
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lorelai is the #333 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 10,253 recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Lorelai recorded 10,253 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #333 nationally today, ahead of 98% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #1,638 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #333 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10,253 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lorelai ranks #1,638 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #333 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10,253 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,638 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #333 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,253
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lorelai's 10,253 recorded births place it above 97.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Lorelai compares
10,253 Top 9% higher than 91% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lorelai's all-time total is 27x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lorelai | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,253 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 926 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lorelai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lorelai's full recorded timeline at 2013, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 20 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 926 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lorelai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 926
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Lorelai by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (4,344 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Lorelai's strongest decade.
4,344 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Lorelai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 1,719
2000s
1,719 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,344 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,190 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 4,344 births (42% of all-time use).
How Lorelai compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lorelai's total volume
Lorelai by state
Where Lorelai concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,030 | 10.0% |
| #2 | California | | 815 | 7.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 586 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 468 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 383 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 380 | 3.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 373 | 3.6% |
| #8 | New York | | 369 | 3.6% |
1,030 of 10,253 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Lorelai appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lorelai's data
- Lorelai's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (4,344 total births) through the 2020s (4,190) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Lorelais (1,030 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lorelai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lorelai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.