girls:
209.5k births since 1882
#188 (97th percentile)
boys:
935 births since 1901
#3656 (20th percentile)
overall:
210.4k births since 1882
#372 (95th percentile)
The name Lorraine is the #372 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 210,440 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 95.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 95.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #188 (96.7% percentile) for all time with 209,505 births since 1882. For boys, it ranks #3,656 (20.2% percentile) for all time with 935 births since 1901.
Lorraine first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for girls and 1901 for boys). Birth data for Lorraine is available in 141 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (141 years for girls and 61 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 Lorraine has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Lorraine reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 93.7% percentile (ranked #39) with 5,004 births per million. The name was most common in 1928, with 5,004 births per million (ranked 93.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lorraine ranks #786 for girls (17.0% percentile) with 95 births per million, which is 1.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Lorraine reached its peak popularity in 1930, achieving the 6.7% percentile (ranked #490) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 1901, with 43 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lorraine".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Lorraine. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.1% confident that Lorraine is pronounced as ler-AYN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is law-RAYN, at 38.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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