girls:
16.8k births since 1916
#1152 (80th percentile)
overall:
16.8k births since 1916
#1992 (74th percentile)
The name Lorelei is the #1,992 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,792 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 74.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 74.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,152 (79.9% percentile) for all time with 16,792 births since 1916.
Lorelei first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (first recorded for girls in 1916). Birth data for Lorelei is available in 103 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Lorelei reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 58.4% percentile (ranked #390) with 390 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 397 births per million (ranked 58.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Lorelei ranks #434 for girls (54.2% percentile) with 359 births per million, which is 90.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lorelei".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Lorelei. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.1% confident that Lorelei is pronounced as LAW-ruh-lai, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LAW-ruh-LAI, at 39.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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