Lorraine
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Lorraine
Sweet Lorraine might just be old enough to be ripe for reconsideration. This French place name has moved in and out of fashion in the few hundred years it's been used as a girls' first name, somewhat influenced by the alternative name of Joan of Arc--Saint Joan of Lorraine. It was quite popular from the 1920s to the fifties, but has pretty much been in limbo since then.
Some memorable Lorraines are A Raisin in the Sun playwright Hansberry, actress Bracco and original SNL cast member Laraine Newman--the alternate spelling Laraine was popularized by forties star Laraine Day. Lorraine is also the name of Jack Nicholson's now grown daughter.
In the movie Uptown Girls, Dakota Fanning's Lorraine character was nicknamed Ray--more modern sounding than Lorrie.
Lorraine is also given to boys.
Pronounced luh-RAYN.
As of October 2026, Lorraine ranked #1044 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #39 in 1928, Nameberry popularity #585.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,791 | 115 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,724 | 122 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,558 | 144 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,587 | 138 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,581 | 137 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,420 | 158 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,393 | 157 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,373 | 161 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,306 | 181 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,358 | 166 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,417 | 157 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,044 | 238 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Lorraine for girls
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Lorraine on lists
Famous Lorraines
- Lorraine BraccoGirl
American actress
- Lorraine NicholsonGirl
American actress; daughter of actor Jack Nicholson
- Lorraine Paula KellyGirl
Scottish TV presenter
- Lorraine BaylyGirl
Australian actress
- Lorraine McNamaraGirl
American ice dancer
- Lorraine Rita WarrenGirl
American paranormal investigator
- Lorraine Vivian HansberryGirl
American playwright
- Lorraine Ming "Lorrie" FairGirl
American soccer player
- Lorraine Joyce CrappGirl
Australian Olympic swimmer
- Lorraine ToussaintGirl
American actress
- Lorraine BroderickGirl
American television soap opera writer
- Lorraine ChaseGirl
English actress and model
- Lorraine CollettGirl
American model
- Marybelle Luraine "Lorraine" EllisonGirl
American soul singer
- Lorraine FentonGirl
Jamaican Olympic runner
- Lorraine Hunt LiebersonGirl
American mezzo,soprano
- Lorraine McIntoshGirl
lead singer of Scottish pop band Deacon Blue
- Lorraine Christine SegatoGirl
Canadian pop singer
- Lillian LorraineGirl
American actress; model for 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' character Lorelei Lee
Lorraine in pop culture
- Lorraine WicksGirl
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- LorraineGirl
a Memphis prostitute in William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury"
- Lorraine BainesGirl
McFly, character in the "Back to the Future" series
- Lorraine BakerGirl
character in movie "Cheaper By the Dozen"
- Lorraine "Lor" McQuarrieGirl
character in movie "The Weekenders"
- Lorraine SwansonGirl
character played by Mo Collins on "MADtv"
- Lorraine MaillardGirl
character in the games "The Park" and "The Secret World"
- Lorraine BroughtonGirl
character in the film "Atomic Blonde"
- "Oh Sweet LorraineGirl
" song by Fred Stobaugh
- "Sweet LorraineGirl
" popular song written by Cliff Burwell
- The Maid of LorraineGirl
prophecy supposedly fulfilled by Saint Joan of Arc
- Lorraine LeeGirl
Australian pink rose bred in 1924
- AlsaceGirl
Lorraine, territory in Europe, between France & Germany