Lorette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lorette

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,096 babies named Lorette between 1897 and 2012, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lorette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lorette performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 202 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lorette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 87 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lorette in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lorette 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 1,096 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.