Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Loraine isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Loraine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17,624
- 340 boys · 17,284 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 439 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #5,173 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,173 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 424 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,120 as a first name in 2020; 185 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Loraine’s family of names
Loraine has a related form in Lorraine. In English usage, Loraine has a related form in LORAINNE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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