Lorelai

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lorelai: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lorelai: Recorded every year since 2009, its highest recorded position is #444, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#444highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2009–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#1411
2010	#1653
2011	#894
2012	#857
2013	#1177
2014	#1411
2015	#1452
2016	#1031
2017	#1063
2018	#936
2019	#1017
2020	#894
2021	#936
2022	#1006
2023	#1169
2024	#1007

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2009 to 2024.

In 2011: #444 among girls in Northern Ireland, #894 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2009–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #1411 among girls in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1007 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lorelai by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lorelai in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	20	1 of 10	20
2010s	314	10 of 10	31
2020sbusiest	174	5 of 10	35

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 35 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lorelai appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2009 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #444 in Northern Ireland in 2011.

Lorelai's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1007	35	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1169	28	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1006	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#936	37	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#894	40	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1017	34	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#936	39	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1063	33	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1031	34	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1452	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1411	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#857	44	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#894	40	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2009 and 2025, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #444, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 44 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 16 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Lorcan · #31, 62y
Lord · #2189, 21y
Lorelei · #752, 27y
Lorelle · #2105, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cailyn · #444, 15y
Kalina · #444, 22y
Marykate · #444, 18y
Veda · #443, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aimee-Rose · #444, 12y
Cailyn · #444, 15y
Miley-Rose · #444, 16y
Miruna · #444, 16y

Lorelai was ranked #444 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lorelai and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lorelai without appearing here.

Lorelai moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1653 and #1257 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #894 and #2150.
Stacey Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1452 and #1362 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1031 and #2120.
Logan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1653 and #1180 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #894 and #1903.
Ann Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1452 and #1405 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1031 and #2008.

Moved ahead of Lorelai

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1017 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #894 and #460.
Frida Compare
In 2012 they stood at #857 and #1210 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1177 and #925.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1411 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1452 and #1240.
Eileen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #936 and #1069 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1006 and #876.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2009 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #444 in Northern Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Lorelai at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lorelai by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Lorelai at a glance

Lorelai by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Lorelai

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Lorelai moved ahead of

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