Lorelei is an established girls' name that peaked in 2016 and remains in steady use.
Lorelei is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #441 for girl births in the United States (and #902 across all names), given to 699 babies. Lorelei was first reported in SSA data in 1916 and peaked in 2016 (716 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 699 | 699 | #441 |
| 2024 | 690 | 690 | #454 |
| 2023 | 631 | 631 | #485 |
| 2022 | 715 | 715 | #442 |
| 2021 | 701 | 701 | #447 |
| 2020 | 601 | 601 | #504 |
| 2019 | 682 | 682 | #456 |
| 2018 | 659 | 659 | #472 |
| 2017 | 683 | 683 | #462 |
| 2016 | 716 | 716 | #451 |
| 2015 | 704 | 704 | #450 |
| 2014 | 653 | 653 | #482 |
| 2013 | 604 | 604 | #497 |
| 2012 | 573 | 573 | #529 |
| 2011 | 585 | 585 | #503 |
| 2010 | 548 | 548 | #535 |
| 2009 | 504 | 504 | #597 |
| 2008 | 446 | 446 | #681 |
| 2007 | 431 | 431 | #683 |
| 2006 | 380 | 380 | #736 |
| 2005 | 320 | 320 | #810 |
| 2004 | 248 | 248 | #967 |
| 2003 | 226 | 226 | #1,021 |
| 2002 | 202 | 202 | #1,058 |
| 2001 | 99 | 99 | #1,803 |
| 2000 | 63 | 63 | #2,447 |
| 1999 | 44 | 44 | #3,025 |
| 1998 | 34 | 34 | #3,537 |
| 1997 | 39 | — | #3,073 |
| 1996 | 39 | — | #3,065 |
| 1995 | 24 | — | #4,297 |
| 1994 | 30 | — | #3,662 |
| 1993 | 40 | — | #2,970 |
| 1992 | 40 | — | #2,952 |
| 1991 | 44 | — | #2,719 |
| 1990 | 41 | — | #2,832 |
| 1989 | 31 | — | #3,366 |
| 1988 | 23 | — | #3,969 |
| 1987 | 32 | — | #3,000 |
| 1986 | 41 | — | #2,449 |
| 1985 | 54 | — | #2,010 |
| 1984 | 44 | — | #2,249 |
| 1983 | 41 | — | #2,338 |
| 1982 | 54 | — | #1,957 |
| 1981 | 56 | — | #1,926 |
| 1980 | 53 | — | #1,995 |
| 1979 | 68 | — | #1,654 |
| 1978 | 77 | — | #1,481 |
| 1977 | 64 | — | #1,645 |
| 1976 | 71 | — | #1,471 |
| 1975 | 63 | — | #1,581 |
| 1974 | 62 | — | #1,559 |
| 1973 | 48 | — | #1,795 |
| 1972 | 52 | — | #1,710 |
| 1971 | 53 | — | #1,719 |
| 1970 | 75 | — | #1,399 |
| 1969 | 86 | — | #1,202 |
| 1968 | 73 | — | #1,295 |
| 1967 | 97 | — | #1,051 |
| 1966 | 102 | — | #1,027 |
| 1965 | 113 | — | #971 |
| 1964 | 97 | — | #1,115 |
| 1963 | 117 | — | #987 |
| 1962 | 109 | — | #1,036 |
| 1961 | 111 | — | #1,041 |
| 1960 | 115 | — | #1,004 |
| 1959 | 110 | — | #1,008 |
| 1958 | 114 | — | #972 |
| 1957 | 142 | — | #853 |
| 1956 | 137 | — | #848 |
| 1955 | 143 | — | #810 |
| 1954 | 176 | — | #700 |
| 1953 | 141 | — | #774 |
| 1952 | 114 | — | #865 |
| 1951 | 111 | — | #854 |
| 1950 | 81 | — | #1,016 |
| 1949 | 69 | — | #1,083 |
| 1948 | 67 | — | #1,090 |
| 1947 | 59 | — | #1,178 |
| 1946 | 44 | — | #1,314 |
| 1945 | 48 | — | #1,136 |
| 1944 | 38 | — | #1,299 |
| 1943 | 43 | — | #1,240 |
| 1942 | 79 | — | #870 |
| 1941 | 82 | — | #800 |
| 1940 | 58 | — | #951 |
| 1939 | 83 | — | #758 |
| 1938 | 121 | — | #619 |
| 1937 | 26 | — | #1,480 |
| 1936 | 11 | — | #2,617 |
| 1935 | 15 | — | #2,162 |
| 1934 | 19 | — | #1,811 |
| 1933 | 18 | — | #1,881 |
| 1932 | 17 | — | #2,003 |
| 1931 | 17 | — | #1,991 |
| 1930 | 27 | — | #1,515 |
| 1929 | 36 | — | #1,253 |
| 1928 | 56 | — | #1,004 |
| 1927 | 18 | — | #2,138 |
| 1926 | 16 | — | #2,309 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #4,251 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,774 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | #3,294 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #5,426 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,842 |