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Lauris

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Laurentius

Lauris has been given to 299 babies in the U.S. since 1912. 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 1920, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 56% boys, 44% girls all-time.

Babies named Lauris, 1963

1 in 660,000

Lauris over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Lauris over time

In 1966, Lauris went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19121966

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.

Lauris: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Laurentius

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lauris means

Lauris is a form of Laurentius.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Lauris is used in Latvian.

Origin, language, and formation

Lauris comes through Latin Laurentius.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Laurentius.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 167 boys were recorded with the name Lauris between 1912 and 1963. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1920; its best national rank was #2,464 in 1953.

In the United States, 132 girls were recorded with the name Lauris between 1918 and 1966. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1925; its best national rank was #3,041 in 1925.

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 Lauris?

Lauris had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1963, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1963
1 in 660,000
6 of 3,958,455 births
Among boys only
1 in 339,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1963
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
457,300 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lauris sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1963 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 457,300 children born in 1963 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lauris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lauriss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lauris was born before 1929 — so the typical Lauris is around 96 today.

Median birth year
1929
About 96 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
30.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
29.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
38
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1920s — 30.5% of all recorded uses (51).

Is Lauris 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1920 (11)
Years since peak
105
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,464
1953

Spellings of Lauris

Lauris is not the most common spelling — Louis is, with 52.9% against Lauris's 0.02%.

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.

Lauris around the world

Where Lauris 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.

  • England & Wales
    2011–2011
    #3,830
    in 2011
  • Ireland
    2006–2006
    #596
    in 2006
  • France
    1963–2024
    #6,463
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Lauris by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#2,464
1953
Peak year
1920
11 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
1963
All-time count
167
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,041
1925
Peak year
1925
11 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
1966
All-time count
132
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Lauris

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

LautaroFenrisAndrisAmirisFaarisAmerisAkyrisArrisLauriLaurensCharisSirisLaurinOsyrisWarisLauriceJarisBurrisAarisLaudiePerrisKyrisSolarisJerris

Sibling names for Lauris

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

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