Girls' name · since 1938
Lorelee
Since 1938, U.S. Social Security records show 160 babies named Lorelee, peaking in 1954. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,132 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lorelee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 160 have been recorded since 1938.
Lorelee has 160 recorded births among girls since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1975.
- #22,132 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 160 born since 1938
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lorelee ranks #22,132 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 160 born since 1938, peaking in the 1950s.
- #22,132 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lorelee's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lorelee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lorelee's full recorded timeline at 1955, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1943, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1954 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lorelee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1975
- Peak year (1954)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Lorelee by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (64 births, 40% of the file).
1950s was Lorelee's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Lorelee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 15
1930s
15 births
- 1940s
1940s
35 births
- 1950s
1950s
64 births
- 1960s
1960s
35 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 64 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Lorelee's decade-level peak was the 1950s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lorelee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1938–1975 (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 Lorelee 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.