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Girl name

Loreley

100% girls · 5 born in 2025

Loreley has been given to about 124 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2010, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Syllables3
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Living in the US≈ 123
Median age today12 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Loreley per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2010 · 16
  • Born in 20255
  • All time124

How popular is Loreley?

Its best year was 2010, when 16 babies were given the name, ranking 7747th. The typical living American called Loreley is about 12 years old today.

Names that sound like Loreley

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Lorelei0.83
  2. Lorene0.69
  3. Lorelai0.69
  4. Lesley0.63
  5. Presley0.63
  6. Oakley0.63
  7. Cortney0.63
  8. Wrenley0.63

Middle names for Loreley

Ranked by flow score
  1. Loreley Anne0.83
  2. Loreley Rose0.79
  3. Loreley Marie0.79
  4. Loreley Grace0.79
  5. Loreley Eve0.79
  6. Loreley Jane0.79

Sibling names for Loreley

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Neriahsister · 0.77
  2. Bodebrother · 0.77
  3. Alissonsister · 0.76
  4. Maddeneither · 0.75
  5. Bodenbrother · 0.75
  6. Koenbrother · 0.75

Where Loreley is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Loreley White0.74
    2. Loreley Nguyen0.74
    3. Loreley Moore0.74
    4. Loreley Hill0.74
    5. Loreley Hall0.74
    6. Loreley Brown0.74

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Loreley

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.