Lorely
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LOR-a-lye
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lorely is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Lorely mean?
Germanic: spelling of Loreli, itself a spelling of Lorelei, the name of a rock on the Rhine
Heinrich Heine's 1824 poem made famous the legend of the Lorelei, a siren on a Rhine rock who lured boatmen to wreck.
Meaning borrowed from Loreli.
Is Lorely a girl's or a boy's name?
Lorely 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 Lorely in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Lorely, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Lorely in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lorely in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Nicknames for Lorely
- Lori 23 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lorely
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emery Avery Lily Landry Kennedy Emely Liberty Lucy Legacy Ivy Emily Emma
Names related to Lorely
Lorelai Lorelei Loreli Lorielle Loreal Loralye Lorelle Lorelie
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice
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, “Lorely: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lorely, updated 20 October 2026.