Loreal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lor-ee-AL
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Loreal is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Loreal mean?
Modern: probably from the cosmetics brand L'Oreal, or Lora with a new ending
The French firm L'Oreal took its name from Aureale, an early hair dye.
Is Loreal a girl's or a boy's name?
Loreal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Loreal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Loreal, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 83 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Loreal than any year since 1972.
Half of all the girls named Loreal in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Loreal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 50 | #3,224 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,266 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 1993 | 61 | #2,171 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,151 |
| 1991 | 58 | #2,236 |
| 1990 | 56 | #2,253 |
| 1989 | 83 | #1,647 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,767 |
| 1987 | 68 | #1,747 |
| 1986 | 74 | #1,601 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,587 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,990 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,532 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,723 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Names like Loreal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marisol, Lucero, Ariel, Brianna, Lucia, Sierra, Briana, Abigail, Ariana, Luciana, Mariah, Liana
Names related to Loreal
Lorelai, Lorelei, Loralei, Loralai, Loralie, Loreli, Lorielle, Lorali
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Loreal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/loreal, updated 20 October 2026.