Lorilei
Girl · LOR-uh-ly · Germanic
Lorilei is a girls' name of Germanic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lorilei mean?
Germanic: variant of Lorelei, from the Loreley rock on the Rhine
The Lorelei is a rock on the Rhine, linked in 19th-century legend with a siren who lured boatmen to their doom.
- Say it
- LOR-uh-ly
Is Lorilei a girl's or a boy's name?
Lorilei is a girls' name.
How popular is Lorilei in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1968, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Lorilei in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lorilei in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
Nicknames for Lorilei
- Lori 23 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lorilei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lorelai Lydia Loralei Caroline Leilani Louisa Emma Amelia Adalynn Lillian Ella Emery
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