Lawrie

Girls' name

Diminutive of Lawrence

Lawrie has been given to 130 babies in the U.S. since 1951. 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 1962, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Lawrie, 1982

1 in 702,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lawrie: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Lawrence

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lawrie means

Lawrie is a diminutive of Lawrence.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Lawrie is used in English (British).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɒɹ.i/ and /ˈlɔɹ.i/ for Lawrie.

Origin, language, and formation

Lawrie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lawrence.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 130 girls were recorded with the name Lawrie between 1951 and 1982. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1962; its best national rank was #3,680 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lawrie?

Lawrie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1982, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1982: 1 in 702,000; 5 of 3,507,638 births
Among girls only: 1 in 339,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1982: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 486,263 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lawrie 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 1982 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 486,263 children born in 1982 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lawrie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lawries were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lawrie was born before 1961 — so the typical Lawrie is around 64 today.

Median birth year: 1961; About 64 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 40.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 70.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 130; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 40.0% of all recorded uses (52).

Is Lawrie 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 1962 (11)
Years since peak: 63; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,680; 1952

Spellings of Lawrie

Lawrie is not the most common spelling — Marie is, with 48.7% against Lawrie's 0.01%.

Marie48.7%540,077
Carrie24.0%266,350
Laurie15.0%166,488
Lorie2.0%21,964
Lorrie1.6%17,342
Lauri1.00%11,063
Lacie0.97%10,789
Karrie0.89%9,870

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.

Lawrie around the world

Where Lawrie 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
1996–2025
#4,275
in 2025
Scotland
1977–2025
#560
in 2025
South Australia
1952–1989
#478
in 1989

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Lawrie 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: #3,680; 1952
Peak year: 1962; 11 that year
First recorded: 1951
Last recorded: 1982
All-time count: 130
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lawrie

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

Lawsyn Kearie Dearie Nyarie Lawson Amyrie Kairie Mabrie Azarie Azurie Embrie Norrie Demarie Imrie Ezrie Lawren Amirie Esmarie Elorie Amrie Maybrie Lawryn Lawan Perrie

Sibling names for Lawrie

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

Donita Carmel Tena Jeanetta Patrica Tana Treva Jonna

For a brother

Tod Greggory Mitch Berry Art Chet Toney Cornell

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