girls:
8.5k births since 2001
#1765 (69th percentile)
overall:
8.5k births since 2001
#2929 (62nd percentile)
The name Lorelai is the #2,929 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,531 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 62.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,765 (69.1% percentile) for all time with 8,531 births since 2001.
Lorelai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (first recorded for girls in 2001).
For girls, Lorelai reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 55.3% percentile (ranked #424) with 372 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 372 births per million (ranked 55.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lorelai is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #424 (55.3% percentile) with 372 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lorelai".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Lorelai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.1% confident that Lorelai is pronounced as LAW-ruh-lai, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LAW-ruh-LAI, at 30.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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