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In 2024, 684 girls in the United States were named Lorelei, making it the 456th most popular girl's name that year.
Its position has held steady, at 482nd a decade earlier.
Its busiest year on record was 2016, with 716 births.
Records for Lorelei go back to 1916, and 17,482 babies have been given the name since.
In Germanic folklore, a siren who lured sailors to their doom on the Rhine River. Combines mythological depth with a melodic sound.
Lorelei is of Germanic origin, described as mythological in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 684 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
Names of the same origin for a brother, most common first.
In Germanic folklore, a siren who lured sailors to their doom on the Rhine River. Combines mythological depth with a melodic sound.
Lorelei is of Germanic origin, and is usually described as mythological in style.
In 2024, 684 girls in the United States were named Lorelei, making it the 456th most popular girl's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 684 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Lori is a shorter name in current US use that share the opening of Lorelei.