Loralai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LOR-uh-lye
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Loralai is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “murmuring rock”. In 2025 it ranked 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Loralai mean?
Germanic: spelling of Lorelei, a rock on the Rhine
“murmuring rock”
Respelling of Lorelei, the Rhine rock where, in German legend, a siren lured boatmen to their doom.
Is Loralai a girl's or a boy's name?
Loralai is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Loralai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,877th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Loralai, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. It first appears in the records in 2001.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Loralai of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Loralai in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Loralai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Nicknames for Loralai
Names like Loralai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lorelai, Adalynn, Marigold, Ximena, Emery, Luna, Solana, Aria, Amora, Alora, Lucia, Alaia
Names related to Loralai
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Loralai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/loralai, updated 20 October 2026.