Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Loralei

#4,775 most common girls' name of all time · #8,105 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1940–2025

Rank among girls
#4,775
Rank overall
#8,105 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,811
Since 2016
660
Peak year
2011 #1,844
Best rank
#1,844 2011
Girls Boys peak 109/yr
19401960198020002020

Loralei first appears in 1940. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 65 — 65 #2,661
2024 57 — 57 #2,901
2023 52 — 52 #3,149
2022 73 — 73 #2,474
2021 72 — 72 #2,467
2020 61 — 61 #2,724
2019 70 — 70 #2,516
2018 78 — 78 #2,342
2017 67 — 67 #2,611
2016 65 — 65 #2,676
2015 83 — 83 #2,266
2014 86 — 86 #2,202
2013 90 — 90 #2,112
2012 82 — 82 #2,293
2011 109 — 109 #1,844
2010 98 — 98 #2,033
2009 81 — 81 #2,385
2008 57 — 57 #3,022
2007 75 — 75 #2,491
2006 57 — 57 #2,988
2005 53 — 53 #3,022
2004 52 — 52 #3,003
2003 42 — 42 #3,425
2002 24 — 24 #4,942
2001 16 — 16 #6,691
1999 8 — 8 #10,504
1998 5 — 5 #14,454
1997 5 — 5 #14,048
1994 5 — 5 #13,750
1993 5 — 5 #13,802
1990 5 — 5 #13,303
1989 5 — 5 #12,722
1985 5 — 5 #11,027
1978 5 — 5 #10,106
1977 7 — 7 #7,811
1976 5 — 5 #9,703
1975 6 — 6 #8,277
1968 8 — 8 #5,348
1967 6 — 6 #6,336
1966 7 — 7 #5,522
1963 6 — 6 #6,240
1962 5 — 5 #7,061
1961 11 — 11 #4,154
1960 5 — 5 #6,832
1958 9 — 9 #4,401
1953 7 — 7 #4,880
1952 5 — 5 #6,079
1949 6 — 6 #5,101
1940 5 — 5 #5,000