Girls' name · since 1916
Lorelei
Lorelei has 18,189 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #441 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,189
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lorelei currently ranks #441 among girls' names in America, with 18,189 babies recorded since 1916.
Lorelei has 18,189 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #441 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #1,134 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #441 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 18,189 born since 1916
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lorelei ranks #1,134 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #441 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 18,189 born since 1916, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #441 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,189
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lorelei's 18,189 recorded births place it above 98.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lorelei compares
18,189 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Lorelei's all-time total is 48x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lorelei | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18,189 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 716 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lorelei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lorelei's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 80% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 20%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 716, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lorelei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 716
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Lorelei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (6,407 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Lorelei's strongest decade.
6,407 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Lorelei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 154
1920s
154 births
- 1930s 354
1930s
354 births
- 1940s 587
1940s
587 births
- 1950s 1,269
1950s
1,269 births
- 1960s 1,020
1960s
1,020 births
- 1970s 633
1970s
633 births
- 1980s 429
1980s
429 births
- 1990s 375
1990s
375 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,919 births
- 2010s
2010s
6,407 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,037 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 6,407 births (35% of all-time use).
How Lorelei 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 Lorelei's total volume
Lorelei by state
Where Lorelei concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,574 | 8.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,286 | 7.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 994 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 928 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 797 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 675 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 631 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 519 | 2.9% |
1,574 of 18,189 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Lorelei appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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- Lorelei's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (6,407 total births) through the 2020s (4,037) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Loreleis (1,574 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lorelei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Lorelei 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.