Lorelei
Girl · LOR-a-ly · Germanic
Lorelei is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “murmuring rock”. In 2025 it ranked 1,217th for girls in the UK (28 babies) and 441st for girls in the US (699 babies).
What does Lorelei mean?
Germanic: from the name of a rock on the Rhine
“murmuring rock”
In poems by Clemens Brentano and Heinrich Heine, the Lorelei is a siren on a Rhine rock who lures boatmen to their deaths.
- Say it
- LOR-a-ly
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Is Lorelei a girl's or a boy's name?
Lorelei is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the UK and 699 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lorelei in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,217among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 9,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were named Lorelei, making it the 1,217th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,348th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 47 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Lorelei than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Lorelei in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 76 girls in the UK were given Lorelei or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #542, up from #1,217 for this spelling alone.
- Lorelai 48
- Lorelei 28
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,166th in England and Wales.
Lorelei in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,217 |
| 2024 | 39 | #968 |
| 2023 | 33 | #1,107 |
| 2022 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2021 | 35 | #1,054 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,348 |
| 2019 | 46 | #862 |
| 2018 | 40 | #978 |
| 2017 | 45 | #916 |
| 2016 | 39 | #999 |
| 2015 | 47 | #868 |
| 2014 | 46 | #891 |
| 2013 | 28 | #1,296 |
| 2012 | 41 | #959 |
| 2011 | 36 | #1,039 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,475 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,411 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Lorelei in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #441among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 699about 1 in 2,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 699 girls in the US were named Lorelei, making it the 441st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 504th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 716 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Lorelei in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,625 girls in the US were given Lorelei or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #223, up from #441 for this spelling alone.
- Lorelai 926
- Lorelei 699
Lorelei in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 699 | #441 |
| 2024 | 690 | #454 |
| 2023 | 631 | #485 |
| 2022 | 715 | #441 |
| 2021 | 701 | #446 |
| 2020 | 601 | #504 |
| 2019 | 682 | #456 |
| 2018 | 659 | #472 |
| 2017 | 683 | #462 |
| 2016 | 716 | #450 |
| 2015 | 704 | #449 |
| 2014 | 653 | #482 |
| 2013 | 604 | #496 |
| 2012 | 573 | #528 |
| 2011 | 585 | #502 |
| 2010 | 548 | #535 |
| 2009 | 504 | #597 |
| 2008 | 446 | #681 |
| 2007 | 431 | #681 |
| 2006 | 380 | #734 |
| 2005 | 320 | #809 |
| 2004 | 248 | #965 |
| 2003 | 226 | #1,019 |
| 2002 | 202 | #1,055 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,792 |
| 2000 | 63 | #2,422 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,933 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,697 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,970 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,996 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,309 |
| 1982 | 54 | #1,950 |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,912 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,981 |
| 1979 | 68 | #1,645 |
| 1978 | 77 | #1,473 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,637 |
| 1976 | 71 | #1,464 |
| 1975 | 63 | #1,571 |
| 1974 | 62 | #1,553 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,788 |
| 1972 | 52 | #1,698 |
| 1971 | 53 | #1,709 |
| 1970 | 75 | #1,389 |
| 1969 | 86 | #1,201 |
| 1968 | 73 | #1,291 |
| 1967 | 97 | #1,046 |
| 1966 | 102 | #1,022 |
| 1965 | 113 | #966 |
| 1964 | 97 | #1,112 |
| 1963 | 117 | #983 |
| 1962 | 109 | #1,032 |
| 1961 | 111 | #1,036 |
| 1960 | 115 | #1,000 |
| 1959 | 110 | #1,004 |
| 1958 | 114 | #968 |
| 1957 | 142 | #850 |
| 1956 | 137 | #845 |
| 1955 | 143 | #808 |
| 1954 | 176 | #699 |
| 1953 | 141 | #771 |
| 1952 | 114 | #862 |
| 1951 | 111 | #851 |
| 1950 | 81 | #1,015 |
| 1949 | 69 | #1,076 |
| 1948 | 67 | #1,084 |
| 1947 | 59 | #1,169 |
| 1946 | 44 | #1,305 |
| 1945 | 48 | #1,130 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,292 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,227 |
| 1942 | 79 | #864 |
| 1941 | 82 | #798 |
| 1940 | 58 | #944 |
| 1939 | 83 | #752 |
| 1938 | 121 | #618 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,520 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,498 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,243 |
| 1928 | 56 | #994 |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,094 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,256 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Nicknames for Lorelei
- Lori 23 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lorelei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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