Laurita

Girls' name

Diminutive of Laura

Laurita has been given to 629 babies in the U.S. since 1915. 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 1954, with 26 recorded.

Babies named Laurita, 1992

1 in 480,000

Laurita over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Laurita: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Laura

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Laurita means

Laurita is a diminutive of Laura.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Laurita is used in Spanish and Portuguese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /lau̯.ˈɾi.ta/ for Laurita.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Laurita → Laura. The family’s meaning is “laurel tree”, recorded in English with the source elements laurus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Laura.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 629 girls were recorded with the name Laurita between 1915 and 1992. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1954; its best national rank was #2,104 in 1954.

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 Laurita?

Laurita had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1992, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1992: 1 in 480,000; 8 of 3,839,369 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1992: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 332,657 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Laurita 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 1992 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 332,657 children born in 1992 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Laurita. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lauritas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Laurita was born before 1953 — so the typical Laurita is around 72 today.

Median birth year: 1953; About 72 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 28.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 16.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 359; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 28.0% of all recorded uses (176).

Is Laurita 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 1954 (26)
Years since peak: 71; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,104; 1954

Spellings of Laurita

Laurita is not the most common spelling — Laura is, with 76.2% against Laurita's 0.06%.

Laura76.2%801,811
Laurie15.8%166,488
Lauri1.1%11,063
Lauretta0.92%9,710
Jaunita0.66%6,893
Laquita0.61%6,400
Lupita0.55%5,770
Marita0.48%5,088

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 Laurita is used

Across 1910–2025, Laurita was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 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. Laurita has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Laurita 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: #2,104; 1954
Peak year: 1954; 26 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1992
All-time count: 629
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Laurita

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

Lauraine Laurence Laurelle Laurynn Anahita Marnita Laurali Samhita Laurena Laurina Laurell Laury Clarita Laurisa Lauralee Ishita Carlita Laurissa Lauree Kavita Laurelin Laurice Laurann Anvita

Sibling names for Laurita

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

Jacalyn Romona Madonna Merry Gayla Nanci Joycelyn Rosanne

For a brother

Stanton Stanford Jerrold Garth Sandy Dirk Jacky Ike

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