girl's name

Lorrain

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 686

Lorrain is a girl's name. In 1990 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1921, when 22 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1913.

Lorrain over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1990, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Lorrain by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 43
1920s 161
1930s 89
1940s 76
1950s 105
1960s 115
1970s 34
1980s 18
1990s (to 1990) 5

How popular is Lorrain?

In 1990, Lorrain was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Lorrain is used

France #4,435 5 in 2003
United States #14,311 5 in 1990

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Lorrain

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Lorrain also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lorrain over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Lorrain

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lorrain — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Lorrain

How popular is the name Lorrain?

In 1990, Lorrain was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Lorrain a girl's or a boy's name?

Lorrain is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lorrain most popular?

Lorrain peaked in 1921, when 22 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.