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.

Lorraine

#196 most common girls' name of all time · #375 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among girls
#196
Rank overall
#375 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
210,845
Since 2016
1,638
Peak year
1928 #39
Best rank
#39 1928
Girls Boys peak 6,005/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lorraine first appears in 1882. 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 238 238 #1,043
2024 157 157 #1,420
2023 166 166 #1,356
2022 182 182 #1,296
2021 161 161 #1,371
2020 157 157 #1,391
2019 158 158 #1,416
2018 137 137 #1,578
2017 138 138 #1,581
2016 144 144 #1,550
2015 122 122 #1,720
2014 115 115 #1,782
2013 123 123 #1,696
2012 88 88 #2,146
2011 108 108 #1,858
2010 82 82 #2,314
2009 100 100 #2,044
2008 122 122 #1,789
2007 158 158 #1,475
2006 110 110 #1,847
2005 97 97 #1,970
2004 128 128 #1,548
2003 130 130 #1,499
2002 118 118 #1,574
2001 126 126 #1,490
2000 164 164 #1,210
1999 151 151 #1,244
1998 144 144 #1,259
1997 159 159 #1,163
1996 184 184 #1,017
1995 215 215 #883
1994 213 213 #902
1993 278 278 #746
1992 279 279 #751
1991 306 306 #697
1990 341 341 #653
1989 330 7 337 #636
1988 363 363 #566
1987 374 374 #539
1986 355 355 #562
1985 413 413 #493
1984 379 379 #513
1983 432 432 #468
1982 472 472 #451
1981 489 489 #437
1980 502 502 #431
1979 523 523 #411
1978 507 507 #408
1977 494 5 499 #414
1976 544 544 #378
1975 655 655 #338
1974 635 635 #343
1973 733 733 #315
1972 775 775 #310
1971 977 977 #288
1970 1,159 1,159 #263
1969 1,248 1,248 #238
1968 1,330 5 1,335 #224
1967 1,522 5 1,527 #205
1966 1,741 5 1,746 #189
1965 2,060 7 2,067 #170
1964 2,356 16 2,372 #165
1963 2,592 6 2,598 #154
1962 2,951 7 2,958 #147
1961 3,113 11 3,124 #143
1960 3,338 7 3,345 #135
1959 3,138 5 3,143 #137
1958 3,163 8 3,171 #136
1957 3,420 13 3,433 #129
1956 3,430 5 3,435 #124
1955 3,372 7 3,379 #126
1954 3,467 13 3,480 #120
1953 3,312 9 3,321 #118
1952 3,463 7 3,470 #109
1951 3,484 6 3,490 #102
1950 3,344 10 3,354 #105
1949 3,457 9 3,466 #102
1948 3,745 14 3,759 #96
1947 4,414 5 4,419 #84
1946 3,886 11 3,897 #93
1945 3,207 14 3,221 #87
1944 3,046 12 3,058 #93
1943 3,015 17 3,032 #94
1942 3,010 14 3,024 #91
1941 2,688 24 2,712 #93
1940 2,579 16 2,595 #95
1939 2,593 14 2,607 #95
1938 2,740 21 2,761 #93
1937 2,940 19 2,959 #83
1936 3,167 19 3,186 #76
1935 3,405 26 3,431 #68
1934 3,775 20 3,795 #56
1933 3,797 20 3,817 #54
1932 4,162 24 4,186 #55
1931 4,588 22 4,610 #49
1930 5,166 40 5,206 #46
1929 5,352 31 5,383 #42
1928 5,982 23 6,005 #39
1927 5,729 28 5,757 #44
1926 4,891 24 4,915 #53
1925 4,983 30 5,013 #51
1924 5,109 26 5,135 #52
1923 4,764 21 4,785 #57
1922 4,668 23 4,691 #56
1921 4,533 30 4,563 #61
1920 3,928 23 3,951 #70
1919 3,976 30 4,006 #62
1918 3,876 28 3,904 #69
1917 1,961 20 1,981 #116
1916 1,671 16 1,687 #128
1915 1,323 14 1,337 #141
1914 969 18 987 #152
1913 724 9 733 #160
1912 554 6 560 #176
1911 365 365 #193
1910 310 310 #210
1909 269 269 #214
1908 253 253 #214
1907 192 192 #246
1906 159 159 #261
1905 149 5 154 #269
1904 126 126 #283
1903 125 125 #281
1902 103 103 #313
1901 101 5 106 #301
1900 118 118 #302
1899 75 75 #345
1898 75 75 #365
1897 56 56 #392
1896 45 45 #433
1895 48 48 #410
1894 36 36 #473
1893 28 28 #533
1892 31 31 #497
1891 21 21 #588
1890 25 25 #537
1889 20 20 #585
1888 20 20 #570
1887 6 6 #1,091
1886 7 7 #961
1885 5 5 #1,115
1884 9 9 #780
1882 6 6 #891