Girls' name · since 1954
Lorilei
Lorilei has 270 recorded births since 1954 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,857 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lorilei sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 270 recorded since 1954.
Lorilei has 270 recorded births among girls since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2024.
- #16,857 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 270 born since 1954
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lorilei ranks #16,857 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 270 born since 1954, peaking in the 1960s.
- #16,857 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lorilei's 270 recorded births place it above 76.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Lorilei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lorilei splits its recorded history at 1985: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1960 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1968 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lorilei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2024
- Peak year (1968)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Lorilei by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (65 births, 24% of the file).
1960s was Lorilei's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Lorilei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
42 births
- 1960s
1960s
65 births
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 65 births (24% of all-time use).
Lorilei by state
Where Lorilei concentrates geographically, total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.2% |
6 of 270 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lorilei's data
- Lorilei's decade-level peak was the 1960s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Lorileis (6 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Lorilei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~70 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, 1954–2024 (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 Lorilei 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.