girls:
17.2k births since 1883
#1138 (80th percentile)
boys:
340 births since 1911
#4246 (7th percentile)
overall:
17.6k births since 1883
#1945 (75th percentile)
The name Loraine is the #1,945 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 17,582 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 74.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 74.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,138 (80.1% percentile) for all time with 17,242 births since 1883. For boys, it ranks #4,246 (7.4% percentile) for all time with 340 births since 1911.
Loraine first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for girls and 1911 for boys). Birth data for Loraine is available in 139 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023 (139 years for girls and 27 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Loraine has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Loraine reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 50.3% percentile (ranked #297) with 340 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 352 births per million (ranked 50.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Loraine ranks #923 for girls (2.5% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 4.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Loraine reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #532) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1915, with 24 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1940.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Loraine".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Loraine. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.2% confident that Loraine is pronounced as law-RAYN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ler-AYN, at 22.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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