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Lorelei
Rank in 2024
#455
Born in 2024
684
Peak year
2016 · #450
Origin
German
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 684 girls were named Lorelei, about 1 in every 2,358.
- It peaked in 2016 with 716 babies, ranked #450.
- It first shows up in the records in 1916.
- 17,482 girls have been named Lorelei since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lorelei per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 67 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 794 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,057 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,157 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 634 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,742 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 8,031 babies, 0.40 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from German Lorelei (“murmuring rock or lurking rock”), but not used as a given name in Germany. The Lorelei (or Lorelei, Loreleï, Lore Lay, Lore-Ley, Lurley, Lurelei, Lurlei) is an infamous maritime disaster site because of the Rhine's current and the surrounding terrain. The shipwrecks have been subject to mythological explanation attempts since around 900 AD.
- A female given name from German.
- Origin
- German
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lorelei, CC BY-SA 4.0.