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Lorraine
Pronounced /ləˈɹeɪn/
Rank in 2024
#1,416
Born in 2024
157
Peak year
1928 · #39
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 157 girls were named Lorraine, about 1 in every 10,275.
- It peaked in 1928 with 5,982 babies, ranked #39.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 209,668 girls have been named Lorraine since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lorraine per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 2.7Greatest1901–27
- 3.2Silent1928–45
- 1.8Boomers1946–64
- 0.6Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 55,811 babies, 2.73 per 1,000. Silent: 65,212 babies, 3.16 per 1,000. Boomers: 63,442 babies, 1.77 per 1,000. Gen X: 15,406 babies, 0.60 per 1,000. Millennials: 5,423 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,984 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,759 babies, 0.09 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Inherited from Middle English Loreyne, from Old French Loherraine, from loherenc (“Lotharingian”); compare Early Medieval Latin Lotharingia (ultimately named for Lothair II, who ruled it); compare Lotharingia, German Lothringen.
- A female given name transferred from the place name, associated with Laura by folk etymology.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ləˈɹeɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lorraine, CC BY-SA 4.0.