Lorel

Girl · recorded 1939–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1949best year

Most popular in 1949.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls 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 Lorel.

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 1939

04819391960198120022023

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 38 recorded years as a table
Lorel, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19395
19447
19463
19476
19484
19498
19504
19516
19523
19534
19547
19556
19567
19572
19585
19594
19603
19613
19626
19633
19643
19684
19703
19724
19735
19753
19873
19893
19973
19983
19993
20033
20073
20137
20144
20156
20163
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lorel 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 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#15,194
How rare
1 in 320,916 girls
Since 1939
288

Lorel was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1949, at 8 per million girls born.

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

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