Lorraina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lor-AY-nuh
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Lorraina is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “Lothair's kingdom”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Lorraina mean?
French: elaboration of Lorraine, the French region
“Lothair's kingdom”
Lorraine takes its name from Lotharingia, the realm of the Frankish king Lothair II.
Is Lorraina a girl's or a boy's name?
Lorraina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lorraina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Lorraina, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
2025 had more girls named Lorraina than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Lorraina in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lorraina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
Nicknames for Lorraina
- Lori 23 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lorraina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brianna, Mckenna, Kiara, Sienna, Alora, Ximena, Fiona, Briana, Solana, Luciana, Ivanna, Liana
Names related to Lorraina
Lorraine, Loraine, Loriana, Lorien, Loriann, Lorianna, Loraina, Lorina
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
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, “Lorraina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lorraina, updated 20 October 2026.