Lorelai
Lorelai is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lorelai
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lorelai is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lorelai
American parents first put Lorelai on the record books as a baby girl name in 2001, with 20 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 799 Lorelais were born — ranking #380 that year. The 2020s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 44% of all recorded Lorelais. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #380 among baby girl names with 799 births, rising sharply (+30% over the past five years). In total, more than 11K Lorelais have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Lorelai
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About the name Lorelai
Lorelai is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2001 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Lorelai's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #380. Use the chart and map above to compare Lorelai's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.