Lorraine — #1414 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lorraine

The Social Security Administration has registered 209,668 babies named Lorraine between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lorraine currently holds the #1414 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 5,982 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lorraine performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 49,939 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lorraine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 33,612 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Lorraine in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lorraine 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 209,668 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.