How popular is the name Lorraine?

Lorraine ranks 195th among girls' names in US records, with 233,074 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,749.

Is Lorraine a unisex name?

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

1928, when 6,436 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Loraine, Lorain. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#195 of girl names

Pronounced L ER0 EY1 N (ARPABET)

Lorraine is a girls' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 233,074 children — the 195th most common girls' name on record.

It peaked in 1928, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1928, when 6,436 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Loraine and Lorain — because they are pronounced identically.

1928Girls: 6,436Boys: 36

These spellings sound identical to Lorraine and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

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 Lorraine?: Lorraine ranks 195th among girls' names in US records, with 233,074 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,749.
Is Lorraine a unisex name?: No. Lorraine is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Lorraine most popular?: 1928, when 6,436 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Lorraine spelled?: Loraine, Lorain. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.