Lorain is a rare variant of Lorraine that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Lorain is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2009. Lorain was first reported in SSA data in 1900 and peaked in 1928 (36 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #19,025 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #9,650 | — |
| 1976 | 5 | — | #10,166 | — |
| 1972 | 9 | — | #5,730 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #9,029 | — |
| 1970 | 6 | — | #7,584 | — |
| 1969 | 6 | — | #7,096 | — |
| 1968 | 9 | — | #4,992 | — |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #6,467 | — |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #5,571 | — |
| 1965 | 18 | — | #2,996 | — |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #5,787 | — |
| 1963 | 13 | — | #3,726 | — |
| 1962 | 11 | — | #4,151 | — |
| 1961 | 23 | — | #2,579 | — |
| 1960 | 12 | — | #3,822 | — |
| 1959 | 15 | — | #3,191 | — |
| 1958 | 9 | — | #4,367 | — |
| 1957 | 17 | — | #2,881 | — |
| 1956 | 11 | — | #3,812 | — |
| 1955 | 24 | — | #2,256 | — |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #3,249 | — |
| 1953 | 21 | — | #2,337 | — |
| 1952 | 13 | — | #3,128 | — |
| 1951 | 14 | — | #2,880 | — |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #4,163 | — |
| 1949 | 16 | — | #2,584 | — |
| 1948 | 13 | — | #2,900 | — |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #3,592 | — |
| 1946 | 14 | — | #2,688 | — |
| 1945 | 14 | — | #2,401 | — |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #4,964 | — |
| 1943 | 11 | — | #2,969 | — |
| 1942 | 11 | — | #2,921 | — |
| 1941 | 9 | — | #3,154 | — |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #2,066 | — |
| 1939 | 17 | — | #2,683 | #3,334 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | #2,844 | — |
| 1937 | 11 | — | #4,075 | #3,834 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | #2,783 | #3,857 |
| 1935 | 12 | — | #2,511 | — |
| 1934 | 13 | — | #2,373 | — |
| 1933 | 25 | — | #2,227 | #2,308 |
| 1932 | 24 | — | #2,091 | #2,999 |
| 1931 | 29 | — | #1,575 | #4,105 |
| 1930 | 19 | — | #1,911 | — |
| 1929 | 23 | — | #2,060 | #3,794 |
| 1928 | 41 | — | #1,279 | #4,491 |
| 1927 | 37 | — | #1,473 | #4,011 |
| 1926 | 42 | — | #1,400 | #3,040 |
| 1925 | 38 | — | #1,557 | #3,050 |
| 1924 | 46 | — | #1,458 | #2,422 |
| 1923 | 26 | — | #2,129 | #3,339 |
| 1922 | 46 | — | #1,414 | #2,424 |
| 1921 | 46 | — | #1,391 | #2,575 |
| 1920 | 45 | — | #1,459 | #2,293 |
| 1919 | 50 | — | #1,307 | #2,110 |
| 1918 | 46 | — | #1,372 | #2,230 |
| 1917 | 31 | — | #2,265 | #1,950 |
| 1916 | 26 | — | #2,083 | #2,659 |
| 1915 | 23 | — | #2,322 | #2,553 |
| 1914 | 8 | — | — | #2,562 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | #2,451 | #3,083 |
| 1912 | 12 | — | #1,675 | — |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #2,090 | — |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #2,296 | — |
| 1909 | 10 | — | #1,427 | — |
| 1907 | 12 | — | #1,182 | — |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #2,103 | — |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,824 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #2,095 | — |