NameTides

Lorelei

Lorelei was the #441 girls' name in the US in 2025 (699 babies), and #1,166 in England & Wales and #1,065 in Canada.

Lorelei as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lorelei as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Lorelei as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#441 (699)#1,166 (28)——#1,065 (25)
2024#454 (690)#918 (39)——#1,291 (19)
2023#485 (631)#1,030 (33)——#1,419 (16)
2022#441 (715)#1,058 (32)#531 (5)—#1,313 (18)
2021#446 (701)#1,069 (32)#792 (3)—#925 (30)
2020#504 (601)#1,267 (25)——#1,359 (17)
2019#456 (682)#806 (46)——#947 (28)
2018#472 (659)#952 (38)—#896 (3)#1,259 (19)
2017#462 (683)#855 (45)——#1,123 (22)
2016#450 (716)#955 (38)——#1,191 (21)
2015#449 (704)#845 (44)#806 (3)—#983 (26)
2014#482 (653)#859 (44)—#752 (4)#1,108 (23)
2013#496 (604)#1,253 (27)——#846 (32)
2012#528 (573)#934 (39)——#904 (29)
2011#502 (585)#1,015 (34)——#1,198 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #441.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lorelei is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,100 to 1 in 2,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lorelei by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #344WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #430WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #241MNIllinois: #417ILMichigan: #374MINew York: #1,028NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #223ORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #275IAIndiana: #359INOhio: #268OHPennsylvania: #335PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #814CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #317CONebraska: #267NEMissouri: #265MOKentucky: #275KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #465VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #404KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #244TNNorth Carolina: #472NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #296OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #297ALGeorgia: #487GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #487TXFlorida: #471FL
Lorelei (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,01811

Lorelei (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LoreleiCanadaGirls#1,06525
LoreleiEngland & WalesGirls#1,16628
LoreleiIrelandGirls—too few
LoreleiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LoreleiScotlandGirls—too few
LoreleiUSGirls#441699