Kauri

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Loon, diver, through Kaur

Kauri has been given to 156 babies in the U.S. since 1992. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2015, with 10 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% girls, 21% boys all-time.

Babies named Kauri, 2022

1 in 484,000

Kauri over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kauri over time

In 2025, Kauri went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19922025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kauri: meaning, origin, and history

Loon, diver, through Kaur

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kauri means

Kauri belongs to the name family reached through Kauri → Kaur. Its meaning is “loon, diver”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kauri is used in Estonian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kaur and Гаврии́л.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 124 girls were recorded with the name Kauri between 1992 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2015; its best national rank was #9,919 in 2021.

In the United States, 32 boys were recorded with the name Kauri between 2004 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2016; its best national rank was #11,344 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kauri?

Kauri had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 484,000; 7 of 3,385,755 births
Among girls only: 1 in 234,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 335,262 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kauri sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 335,262 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kauri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kauris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kauri was born before 2013 — so the typical Kauri is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 40.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 94.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 124; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 40.3% of all recorded uses (50).

Is Kauri rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2015 (10)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,919; 2021

Spellings of Kauri

Kauri is not the most common spelling — Laura is, with 51.0% against Kauri's <0.01%.

Laura51.0%801,811
Laurie10.6%166,488
Kara6.5%101,743
Kari3.8%59,696
Kerri2.4%37,021
Kali2.1%32,527
Keri2.0%32,061
Karin1.8%28,532

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kauri around the world

Where Kauri ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
2012–2013
#754
in 2013

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kauri by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,919; 2021
Peak year: 2015; 10 that year
First recorded: 1992
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 124
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #11,344
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #11,344; 2025
Peak year: 2016; 6 that year
First recorded: 2004
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 32
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Kauri

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kausar Nouri Nzuri Kaula Jouri Ayuri Amouri Kouri Mayuri Mazuri Yasuri Gauri Tauri Juri Anuri Jazuri Miyuri Xuri Euri Azhuri Mauri Khouri Maryuri Louri

Sibling names for Kauri

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Aliah Jessa Coraline Milana Alannah Arden Averi Honesty

For a brother

Caesar Taj Crosby Immanuel Raylan Emmet Aarav Blaze

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