Girls' name · peaked in 1928
Lorraine name popularity since 1925
169,732 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lorraine. Half of them were born in 1946 or earlier, so the typical Lorraine is about 80 years old in 2026. Lorraine peaked in 1928 as the #39 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 169,732
- Named Lorraine, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1928
- #39 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,044 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 169,071 girls · 661 boys
- Most popular in
- Maine
- 3.39× its national share
Peak year is the year Lorraine made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lorraine births per year, 1925–2025
1928 was the biggest year for Lorraine both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1993 and 1998, Lorraine's share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 6,510 to 1 in 12,300.
- Fastest rise: Between 2020 and 2025, it became 1.5× more common, from 1 in 10,300 baby girls to 1 in 6,750.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lorraine's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lorraine.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lorraine in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 26,937 | 136 | – |
| 1930s | 36,333 | 225 | #68 |
| 1940s | 33,047 | 136 | #87 |
| 1950s | 33,593 | 83 | #126 |
| 1960s | 22,251 | 69 | #170 |
| 1970s | 7,002 | 5 | #338 |
| 1980s | 4,109 | 7 | #493 |
| 1990s | 2,270 | 0 | #884 |
| 2000s | 1,253 | 0 | #1,979 |
| 2010s | 1,215 | 0 | #1,724 |
| 2020–25 | 1,061 | 0 | #1,044 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
38.6% of babies named Lorraine from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Lorraine is most popular
The index compares Lorraine's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lorraine.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Maine | 3.39× | 2,431 |
| Vermont | 3.26× | 913 |
| New Hampshire | 3.08× | 1,625 |
| Massachusetts | 2.81× | 11,191 |
| North Dakota | 2.76× | 1,457 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lorraine and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lorraine (this page) | 169,071 | 1928 |
| Loraine | 11,750 | 1919 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lorraine's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lorraine.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lorraine (1928).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data