Loralei
Recorded 1940–2025 · United States
Loralei was most popular in 2011, when 109 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,284 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,676, with 65 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,811 people named Loralei.
Loralei over time
How old is the name Loralei?
Loralei first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1940, which makes it about 85 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 49 of the 86 years since.
How many people are named Loralei?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,811 American births named Loralei between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,783 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Loralei in 2025?
65 American babies were named Loralei in 2025, ranking #4,676 that year.
Is Loralei getting more or less popular?
Loralei is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 64 births a year, against 90 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -29% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Loralei a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Loralei is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,811 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Loralei?
Roughly 1,783 Americans named Loralei are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 7 and 19. That is a narrow band because Loralei is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Loralei is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org