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Lauraine

Feminine · “the kingdom of Lothar”

1906high 1952
#14942 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare5 girls in 2025

Lauraine sits between two names that have been confusing each other for a century. Laura is a laurel wreath. Lorraine is a kingdom — the land of Lothar, a grandson of Charlemagne, carved out of his empire and named after him. This spelling has Laura's opening and Lorraine's ending, and it is not fully either.

How old is the name Lauraine?

Lauraine first appears in US birth records in 1906 — 119 years ago. The typical Lauraine alive today was born around 1945, making them about 80 years old. About 400 people named Lauraine are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Lauraine most popular?

Lauraine peaked in 1945, reaching #1825 nationally. Today it ranks #14942, 13,117 places below that high. See the whole 1945 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Lauraine

The kingdom was divided among Charlemagne's grandsons and the middle share went to Lothar, whose name stuck to the land long after his line ended; the French duchy and the modern region both descend from it. Lorraine became a girl's name in English in the nineteenth century, and it carried an association with France that intensified during the wars fought over that exact border. Laura arrived by a different route, through Italian poetry and the laurel. Lauraine is what happens when two well-used names sound close enough that families begin borrowing letters between them.

Meaningscholars disagree

the kingdom of Lothar

Lorraine comes from Lotharingia, the middle strip of Charlemagne's empire assigned to his grandson Lothar and named for him; Lothar itself is a Germanic compound about a famous army. Laura is a separate word entirely, the Latin laurus, the laurel used to crown poets and victors. This spelling can be read as either, and families using it have meant both. The au points to Laura and the -aine points to Lorraine, which is exactly the ambiguity the spelling creates.

How the name formed

  1. Lotharingia
  2. Lorraine
  3. Lauraine

Related forms: Lorraine · Lothringen · Laura

Pronouncing Lauraine

lor-AIN

lor-AIN, two syllables, stress at the back — the same as Lorraine. Some say LAW-rain, weighting the front, which follows Laura instead. The spelling supports both, and a household using it will have to settle on one.

Nicknames for Lauraine

Moderate

LaurieBuilt from the front, and the short form most likely to be applied by other people
RaineThe ending taken whole, and a standing name of its own
LollyAn older reworking of the front, common when the name itself was and rarely heard since
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1906–20252312023519062025

US babies named Lauraine per year from 1906 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#18251900s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1906
Most girls named
195223 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1825reached in 1945
Change vs 1983
0.0%5 in 2025, from 5
Lauraine sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1952, with 23 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Lauraine in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Lorraine in French — same name
  • Lothringen in German — related form
  • Laura in Italian — related form

Lauraines among us

400

people named Lauraine are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 321,453 born in 2025 was named Lauraine

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

The Frederick test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lauraine's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Frederick climbed just as high around 1929, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Frederick's path sketches the road Lauraine is walking now.

40%chance Lauraine will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Lauraine, aligned on its peakFrederick· peak 1929not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsFrederick · #13216Lauraine today
Lauraine today is about where Frederick stood in 2009 — 80 years past a #1825-sized peak. Within 15 years, Frederick had drifted out of the mainstream charts.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Lauraine sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Lauraine beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Lauraine in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Laurainethis name5#14942Hester5#14942Lyda5#14942Zula5#14942Zona5#14942

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • It has a genuine and specific history behind it: a Carolingian kingdom and the border region that outlasted it.
  • Raine and Laurie are both available and they go in entirely different directions.
  • The sound is completely familiar even where the spelling is not.
What to consider
  • Lorraine and Loraine are both far more common, and this spelling will be rewritten as one of them.
  • The stress can fall at either end depending on which parent name a reader hears, so the name gets said two ways.
  • It belongs audibly to the middle of the last century, which is either the appeal or the objection.

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Frequently asked

How many Lauraines are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Lauraine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Lauraine in 2025?
Lauraine ranks #14942 among US girl names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Lauraine?
About 1 in every 321,453 US girls born in 2025 was named Lauraine — 5 in all.
Will my child share the name Lauraine with classmates?
Lauraine will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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