Feminine dossier · first seen 1882

Lorraine

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lorraine
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.4% from peak

Peak era

1928

Peak rank proxy

5,982

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1882Peak 19282024

Peak year

1928

Decline from peak

97.4%

2024

157

All-time

209,668

Lorraine once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1928, when 5,982 girls were named Lorraine.

In 2024, only 157 girls were given the name.

Down 97.4% from its peak.

All told, about 209,668 Americans have been named Lorraine and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.4% from peak

19285,982 girls named Lorraine

2024157 girls named Lorraine

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