The name Lorelei is of German origin, and is derived from the name of an area in Germany.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lorelei has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Lorelei
Use of the Name Lorelei for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
2,030
1,008
244
244
244
244
244
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lorelei has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Lorelei first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1928, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Lorelei
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1928
1000
56
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
621
121
1939
758
83
1940
941
59
1941
799
82
1942
872
79
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
851
111
1952
868
114
1953
776
140
1954
701
177
1955
809
143
1956
850
137
1957
857
141
1958
976
113
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
984
117
1964
1965
969
113
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
969
244
Totals:
2,030
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Lorelei as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Lorelei appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 17 times during the last 125 years.