Lorette
Lorette is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Lorette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lorette is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Lorette
American parents first put Lorette on the record books as a baby girl name in 1897, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1956, when 46 Lorettes were born — ranking #1,560 that year. Lorette last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Lorette
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About the name Lorette
Lorette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1897 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Lorette's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #1,560. Use the chart and map above to compare Lorette'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.