Lorraine

Boy · recorded 1901–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1901best year

Most popular in 1901.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lorraine.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1901

0244719011923194519671989

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 61 recorded years as a table
Lorraine, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190147
190538
191214
191318
191427
191516
191618
191722
191828
191931
192022
192127
192221
192319
192423
192527
192622
192725
192821
192929
193036
193121
193223
193320
193419
193525
193618
193718
193819
193913
194014
194120
194210
194312
19449
194510
19467
19473
19488
19495
19506
19513
19524
19535
19546
19553
19562
19576
19584
19592
19603
19615
19623
19633
19648
19654
19663
19673
19683
19773
19893

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lorraine isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
7
Rank in 1989
#6,229
How rare
1 in 285,846 boys
Since 1901
935

Lorraine was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1901, at 47 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lorraine doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.