How popular is the name Lorelei?

Lorelei ranks 1,000th among girls' names in US records, with 17,482 births since 1916. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,774.

Is Lorelei a unisex name?

No. Lorelei is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2016, when 716 children were given the name. It has been in use for 109 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,000 of girl names

Pronounced L AO1 R IH0 L AY2 (ARPABET)

Lorelei is a girls' name, and first appears in 1916. It has been given to 17,482 children — the 1,000th most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 34% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2016, when 716 children were given it.

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Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Lorelei?: Lorelei ranks 1,000th among girls' names in US records, with 17,482 births since 1916. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,774.
Is Lorelei a unisex name?: No. Lorelei is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Lorelei most popular?: 2016, when 716 children were given the name. It has been in use for 109 years and is still recorded as of 2024.