Girls' name · since 1979
Loriel
271 babies named Loriel in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,821 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,640 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 271
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
271 babies have been named Loriel since 1979, making it today's #9640 girls' name.
Loriel has 271 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9640 as of the latest data, more common than 44% 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 1979 to 2025.
- #16,821 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,640 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 271 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loriel ranks #16,821 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,640 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 271 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,821 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,640 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 271
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Loriel's 271 recorded births place it above 76.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Loriel compares
271 43rd percentile among 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
Loriel's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Loriel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 271 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Loriel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Loriel's full recorded timeline at 2008, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Loriel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Loriel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (97 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Loriel's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Loriel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
48 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
- 2000s 32
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 97 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Loriel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (97 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Loriel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Loriel 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.