How Many People Are Named Lorraine?
people named Lorraine are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,719 people in the US has this name
Based on 210,845 babies named Lorraine in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
6,005 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of a region in France, originally meaning "kingdom of LOTHAR". Lothar was a Frankish king, the great-grandson of Charlemagne, whose realm was in the part of France that is now called Lorraine, or in German Lothringen (from Latin Lothari regnum). As a given name, it has been used in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century, perhaps due to its similar sound with Laura. It became popular after World War I when the region was in the news, as it was contested between Germany and France.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lorraine in English. Counting Lorraine and these spellings together, about 98,857 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lorraine (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lorraine alive today is about 67 years old, and 76% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 60 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lorraine first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1928, to 6,005 babies. In 2025, 238 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lorraine never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #39, in 1928, and it was in the top 100 for 31 years, 1918 to 1948. In 2025 it ranked #1,044.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,044 |
| Best rank | #39 (1928) |
| Years in the top 100 | 31 (1918 to 1948) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #50 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lorraine alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lorraine were born in New York than in any other state: about 18,638 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lorraine was given 2.9 times as often in New Hampshire, 2.4 times in Vermont and 2.3 times in Maine.
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