Lauri — girls' name
11,056 babies named Lauri in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Lauri was born in this single decade.
718 babies were named Lauri in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lauri
The Social Security Administration has registered 11,056 babies named Lauri between 1941 and 2022, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lauri currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 718 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lauri performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 5,561 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lauri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,259 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Lauri in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lauri in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 11,056 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lauri at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lauri popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1941
- Peak year (1961)
- 718
- Annual births at peak — across 82 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
11,056 total births across 82 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 718 births in a single year.
Lauri popularity over time — boys
183 total births recorded since 1912 (Lauri as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Lauri accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lauri by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 5,561 births that decade — 50% of Lauri's all-time total
Lauri decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,561 births
- Runner-up 2,477 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lauri's strongest decade
5,561 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Lauri by state
Where Lauri concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,259 | 11.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 855 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 714 | 6.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 689 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 493 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 455 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 407 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 357 | 3.2% |
1,259 of 11,056 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.4% of nationwide
- New York 7.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 6.5% of nationwide
- Texas 6.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 47 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lauri appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1941–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.