Lorraine was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #39 in 1928 but is far less common today.
Lorraine is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,044 for girl births in the United States (and #1,978 across all names), given to 238 babies. Lorraine was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1928 (5,982 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 238 | 238 | #1,044 | — |
| 2024 | 157 | 157 | #1,423 | — |
| 2023 | 166 | 166 | #1,359 | — |
| 2022 | 182 | 182 | #1,302 | — |
| 2021 | 161 | 161 | #1,374 | — |
| 2020 | 157 | 157 | #1,394 | — |
| 2019 | 158 | 158 | #1,420 | — |
| 2018 | 137 | 137 | #1,582 | — |
| 2017 | 138 | 138 | #1,588 | — |
| 2016 | 144 | 144 | #1,558 | — |
| 2015 | 122 | 122 | #1,724 | — |
| 2014 | 115 | 115 | #1,791 | — |
| 2013 | 123 | 128 | #1,700 | — |
| 2012 | 88 | 88 | #2,155 | — |
| 2011 | 108 | 108 | #1,866 | — |
| 2010 | 82 | 82 | #2,329 | — |
| 2009 | 100 | 100 | #2,051 | — |
| 2008 | 122 | 122 | #1,796 | — |
| 2007 | 158 | 163 | #1,479 | — |
| 2006 | 110 | 115 | #1,856 | — |
| 2005 | 97 | 103 | #1,979 | — |
| 2004 | 128 | 133 | #1,552 | — |
| 2003 | 130 | 141 | #1,506 | — |
| 2002 | 118 | 126 | #1,579 | — |
| 2001 | 126 | 141 | #1,493 | — |
| 2000 | 164 | 173 | #1,213 | — |
| 1999 | 151 | 158 | #1,247 | — |
| 1998 | 144 | 160 | #1,263 | — |
| 1997 | 159 | — | #1,164 | — |
| 1996 | 184 | — | #1,017 | — |
| 1995 | 215 | — | #884 | — |
| 1994 | 213 | — | #902 | — |
| 1993 | 278 | — | #746 | — |
| 1992 | 279 | — | #752 | — |
| 1991 | 306 | — | #697 | — |
| 1990 | 341 | — | #654 | — |
| 1989 | 337 | — | #637 | #6,657 |
| 1988 | 363 | — | #567 | — |
| 1987 | 374 | — | #540 | — |
| 1986 | 355 | — | #562 | — |
| 1985 | 413 | — | #493 | — |
| 1984 | 379 | — | #513 | — |
| 1983 | 432 | — | #468 | — |
| 1982 | 472 | — | #451 | — |
| 1981 | 489 | — | #437 | — |
| 1980 | 502 | — | #431 | — |
| 1979 | 523 | — | #411 | — |
| 1978 | 507 | — | #408 | — |
| 1977 | 499 | — | #414 | #6,446 |
| 1976 | 544 | — | #378 | — |
| 1975 | 655 | — | #338 | — |
| 1974 | 635 | — | #343 | — |
| 1973 | 733 | — | #315 | — |
| 1972 | 775 | — | #311 | — |
| 1971 | 977 | — | #288 | — |
| 1970 | 1,159 | — | #263 | — |
| 1969 | 1,248 | — | #238 | — |
| 1968 | 1,335 | — | #224 | #4,506 |
| 1967 | 1,527 | — | #205 | #4,326 |
| 1966 | 1,746 | — | #189 | #4,304 |
| 1965 | 2,067 | — | #170 | #3,432 |
| 1964 | 2,372 | — | #165 | #2,081 |
| 1963 | 2,598 | — | #154 | #3,870 |
| 1962 | 2,958 | — | #147 | #3,516 |
| 1961 | 3,124 | — | #143 | #2,638 |
| 1960 | 3,345 | — | #135 | #3,530 |
| 1959 | 3,143 | — | #137 | #4,341 |
| 1958 | 3,171 | — | #136 | #3,178 |
| 1957 | 3,433 | — | #129 | #2,338 |
| 1956 | 3,435 | — | #124 | #4,260 |
| 1955 | 3,379 | — | #126 | #3,380 |
| 1954 | 3,480 | — | #120 | #2,273 |
| 1953 | 3,321 | — | #118 | #2,832 |
| 1952 | 3,470 | — | #109 | #3,268 |
| 1951 | 3,490 | — | #102 | #3,579 |
| 1950 | 3,354 | — | #105 | #2,522 |
| 1949 | 3,466 | — | #102 | #2,730 |
| 1948 | 3,759 | — | #96 | #2,077 |
| 1947 | 4,419 | — | #84 | #4,054 |
| 1946 | 3,897 | — | #93 | #2,354 |
| 1945 | 3,221 | — | #87 | #1,898 |
| 1944 | 3,058 | — | #93 | #2,145 |
| 1943 | 3,032 | — | #94 | #1,803 |
| 1942 | 3,024 | — | #91 | #2,011 |
| 1941 | 2,712 | — | #93 | #1,395 |
| 1940 | 2,595 | — | #95 | #1,771 |
| 1939 | 2,607 | — | #95 | #1,928 |
| 1938 | 2,761 | — | #93 | #1,505 |
| 1937 | 2,959 | — | #83 | #1,610 |
| 1936 | 3,186 | — | #76 | #1,576 |
| 1935 | 3,431 | — | #68 | #1,340 |
| 1934 | 3,795 | — | #56 | #1,589 |
| 1933 | 3,817 | — | #54 | #1,571 |
| 1932 | 4,186 | — | #55 | #1,450 |
| 1931 | 4,610 | — | #49 | #1,519 |
| 1930 | 5,206 | — | #46 | #1,103 |
| 1929 | 5,383 | — | #42 | #1,285 |
| 1928 | 6,005 | — | #39 | #1,590 |
| 1927 | 5,757 | — | #44 | #1,426 |
| 1926 | 4,915 | — | #53 | #1,545 |
| 1925 | 5,013 | — | #51 | #1,350 |
| 1924 | 5,135 | — | #52 | #1,517 |
| 1923 | 4,785 | — | #57 | #1,732 |
| 1922 | 4,691 | — | #56 | #1,622 |
| 1921 | 4,563 | — | #61 | #1,379 |
| 1920 | 3,951 | — | #70 | #1,625 |
| 1919 | 4,006 | — | #62 | #1,306 |
| 1918 | 3,904 | — | #69 | #1,365 |
| 1917 | 1,981 | — | #116 | #1,677 |
| 1916 | 1,687 | — | #128 | #1,905 |
| 1915 | 1,337 | — | #141 | #2,028 |
| 1914 | 987 | — | #152 | #1,472 |
| 1913 | 733 | — | #160 | #2,032 |
| 1912 | 560 | — | #176 | #2,450 |
| 1911 | 365 | — | #193 | — |
| 1910 | 310 | — | #210 | — |
| 1909 | 269 | — | #214 | — |
| 1908 | 253 | — | #214 | — |
| 1907 | 192 | — | #246 | — |
| 1906 | 159 | — | #261 | — |
| 1905 | 154 | — | #269 | #1,347 |
| 1904 | 126 | — | #282 | — |
| 1903 | 125 | — | #281 | — |
| 1902 | 103 | — | #313 | — |
| 1901 | 106 | — | #301 | #1,148 |
| 1900 | 118 | — | #302 | — |
| 1899 | 75 | — | #344 | — |
| 1898 | 75 | — | #364 | — |
| 1897 | 56 | — | #390 | — |
| 1896 | 45 | — | #431 | — |
| 1895 | 48 | — | #406 | — |
| 1894 | 36 | — | #470 | — |
| 1893 | 28 | — | #526 | — |
| 1892 | 31 | — | #492 | — |
| 1891 | 21 | — | #581 | — |
| 1890 | 25 | — | #530 | — |
| 1889 | 20 | — | #585 | — |
| 1888 | 20 | — | #562 | — |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #1,100 | — |
| 1886 | 7 | — | #953 | — |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #1,134 | — |
| 1884 | 9 | — | #771 | — |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #861 | — |