NameTides

Lorraine

Lorraine was the #1,043 girls' name in the US in 2025 (238 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Lorraine as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Lorraine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Lorraine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,043 (238)#3,333 (7)———#1,315 (19)—
2024#1,420 (157)#2,116 (13)———#1,348 (18)—
2023#1,356 (166)#5,688 (3)———#2,203 (9)—
2022#1,295 (182)#4,646 (4)———#1,415 (16)—
2021#1,370 (161)#4,634 (4)———#1,876 (11)—
2020#1,389 (157)#3,447 (6)———#1,249 (19)—
2019#1,415 (158)#4,001 (5)———#1,798 (12)—
2018#1,577 (137)#3,178 (7)——#896 (3)#1,440 (16)—
2017#1,580 (138)#4,763 (4)———#1,673 (13)—
2016#1,550 (144)#2,966 (8)———#1,280 (19)—
2015#1,719 (122)#4,736 (4)——#896 (3)#1,757 (12)—
2014#1,781 (115)#2,464 (10)———#1,395 (17)—
2013#1,695 (123)#2,887 (8)——#894 (3)#1,512 (15)—
2012#2,145 (88)#2,969 (8)———#2,158 (9)—
2011#1,857 (108)#2,636 (9)———#2,899 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1928 at #39.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,800 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 6,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lorraine is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,400 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lorraine by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #949TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Lorraine (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
Quebec2025#6696
Ontario2024#1,4107

Lorraine (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
LorraineCanadaGirls#1,31519
LorraineEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
LorraineIrelandGirls—too few
LorraineNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LorraineNSWGirls—too few
LorraineScotlandGirls—too few
LorraineUSGirls#1,043238
LorraineUSBoys—too few