The name Lorraine is of French origin, and is derived from the name of a region in northeast France.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lorraine 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 Lorraine
Use of the Name Lorraine for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
205,608
51,484
5,734
215
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lorraine has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Lorraine first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1882, which is the first year shown on the table.
Lorraine last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1995, the last 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 Lorraine
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1882
861
6
1883
1884
771
9
1885
1886
953
7
1887
1888
562
20
1889
585
20
1890
530
25
1891
581
21
1892
492
31
1893
527
28
1894
471
36
1895
406
48
1896
431
45
1897
390
56
1898
364
75
1899
344
75
1900
302
119
1901
301
101
1902
313
103
1903
281
125
1904
282
126
1905
269
149
1906
263
157
1907
243
193
1908
214
253
1909
214
267
1910
210
310
1911
193
365
1912
177
551
1913
160
722
1914
152
966
1915
141
1,323
1916
128
1,674
1917
116
1,959
1918
69
3,871
1919
62
3,980
1920
70
3,930
1921
61
4,525
1922
56
4,672
1923
57
4,767
1924
52
5,113
1925
51
4,988
1926
53
4,883
1927
44
5,729
1928
39
5,966
1929
42
5,350
1930
46
5,159
1931
49
4,589
1932
55
4,160
1933
54
3,793
1934
56
3,772
1935
68
3,402
1936
76
3,172
1937
83
2,933
1938
93
2,740
1939
96
2,593
1940
95
2,581
1941
93
2,685
1942
91
3,011
1943
94
3,004
1944
93
3,047
1945
87
3,199
1946
92
3,891
1947
84
4,400
1948
96
3,746
1949
102
3,455
1950
105
3,347
1951
102
3,475
1952
109
3,457
1953
118
3,311
1954
120
3,463
1955
126
3,373
1956
125
3,423
1957
129
3,421
1958
136
3,155
1959
137
3,146
1960
135
3,331
1961
143
3,106
1962
147
2,948
1963
155
2,586
1964
165
2,355
1965
170
2,059
1966
189
1,744
1967
205
1,519
1968
224
1,333
1969
238
1,250
1970
263
1,161
1971
288
974
1972
311
773
1973
315
734
1974
343
635
1975
338
656
1976
378
543
1977
412
496
1978
409
506
1979
411
523
1980
431
500
1981
434
490
1982
451
471
1983
468
431
1984
513
379
1985
492
415
1986
564
353
1987
536
375
1988
570
361
1989
632
332
1990
658
338
1991
697
305
1992
750
279
1993
752
276
1994
900
214
1995
880
215
Totals:
205,608
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Lorraine as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Lorraine appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 111 times during the last 125 years.