Loralei
Girl · LOR-uh-ly · Germanic
Loralei is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “murmuring rock”. In 2025 it ranked 2,645th for girls in the US (65 babies).
What does Loralei mean?
Germanic: spelling of Lorelei
“murmuring rock”
A spelling of Lorelei, the Rhine rock where, in German legend, a siren lured boatmen to their deaths.
- Say it
- LOR-uh-ly
Is Loralei a girl's or a boy's name?
Loralei is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Loralei in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,645among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 65about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 65 girls in the US were named Loralei, making it the 2,645th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,712th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 109 girls. It first appears in the records in 1940.
Half of all the girls named Loralei in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 138 girls in the US were given Loralei or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,355, up from #2,645 for this spelling alone.
Loralei in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,645 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 52 | #3,140 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,463 |
| 2021 | 72 | #2,460 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,712 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,334 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,667 |
| 2015 | 83 | #2,259 |
| 2014 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2013 | 90 | #2,108 |
| 2012 | 82 | #2,286 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,840 |
| 2010 | 98 | #2,028 |
| 2009 | 81 | #2,374 |
| 2008 | 57 | #3,016 |
| 2007 | 75 | #2,485 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,005 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,994 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,408 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
Nicknames for Loralei
- Lora 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Loralei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lorelai Emery Adalynn Avery Leilani Landry Amelie Emerson Alina Camila Lainey Elodie
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