How Many People Are Named Lorelei?
people named Lorelei are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 20,079 people in the US has this name
Based on 18,189 babies named Lorelei in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
716 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Germanic name meaning "luring rock". This is the name of a rock headland on the Rhine River. Legends say that a maiden named the Lorelei lives on the rock and lures fishermen to their death with her song.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lorelei in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lorelei alive today is about 21 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lorelei first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 2016, to 716 babies. In 2025, 699 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lorelei has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #441, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #441.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #441 |
| Best rank | #441 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #489 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lorelei alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lorelei were born in California than in any other state: about 1,472 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lorelei was given 1.8 times as often in Wisconsin, 1.5 times in Illinois and 1.4 times in Missouri.
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