Lorraine

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)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lorraine".

1882 2023 18822023

Key Statistics

Total Births
209,505
Peak Births
5,982
Peak Year
1928
First Recorded
1882
Peak Percentile
93.7%
Current Percentile
17.0%
Peak Rank
#39
Current Rank
#786
Female statistics
Total Births
935
Peak Births
40
Peak Year
1930
First Recorded
1901
Peak Percentile
6.7%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#221
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Lorraine

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Lorraine. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 38.1% confident that Lorraine is pronounced as ler-AYN. The next most likely pronunciation is law-RAYN, at 38.1% confidence.

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law-REHN (2 syllables)
7.1% confidence
L AO0 R EH1 N
luh-RAYN (2 syllables)
7.1% confidence
L AH0 R EY1 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Lorraine. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Lorraine, please vote using the thumbs up button.

lah-RAYN (2 syllables)
2 names 3.5k births
L AA0 R EY1 N

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like L ER0 EY1 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.