Lari

Girls' name

Cheerful, jovial, through Ilari

Lari has been given to 879 babies in the U.S. since 1942. 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 1959, with 41 recorded.

Babies named Lari, 2006

1 in 791,000

Lari 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lari: meaning, origin, and history

Cheerful, jovial, through Ilari

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lari means

Lari belongs to the name family reached through Lari → Ilari. Its meaning is “cheerful, jovial”.

Origin, language, and formation

Lari is used in Finnish and Ingrian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ilari.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Lari is pronounced /ˈlɑri/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 841 girls were recorded with the name Lari between 1942 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 41 in 1959; its best national rank was #1,730 in 1959.

In the United States, 38 boys were recorded with the name Lari between 1952 and 1959. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1952; its best national rank was #3,246 in 1952.

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.

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How common is Lari?

Lari had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006: 1 in 791,000; 5 of 3,956,166 births
Among girls only: 1 in 380,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2006: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 548,442 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lari 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 2006 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 548,442 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lari. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Laris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lari was born before 1966 — so the typical Lari is around 59 today.

Median birth year: 1966; About 59 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 31.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 14.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 784; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 31.9% of all recorded uses (268).

Is Lari 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 1959 (41)
Years since peak: 66; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 24.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,730; 1959

Spellings of Lari

Lari is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 45.2% against Lari's <0.01%.

Mary45.2%4,141,481
Laura8.7%801,811
Maria6.2%566,111
Marie5.9%540,077
Sara4.8%436,193
Lori3.7%341,911
Clara3.3%300,524
Tara1.9%175,812

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.

Where Lari is used

Across 1910–2025, Lari was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,304,806 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2New York1 in —
3Ohio1 in —
4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lari has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lari 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: #1,730; 1959
Peak year: 1959; 41 that year
First recorded: 1942
Last recorded: 2006
All-time count: 841
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,246; 1952
Peak year: 1952; 7 that year
First recorded: 1952
Last recorded: 1959
All-time count: 38
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lari

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

Lark Pari Dari Yari Nari Zari Lariah Jari Avari Larah Lareen Larkyn Larae Kiari Tari Anari Akari Larue Lariyah Emari Lareina Larkin Inari Laren

Sibling names for Lari

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

Meg Andra Tamela Robbin Jannette Joellen Gerri Debby

For a brother

Curtiss Russ Nicky Dwain Stan Cliff Von Stevie

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