# Lauri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lauri/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,246 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 183 / 11,063 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Dzongkha ལའུ་རི་ (la'u ri).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 16,804 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,638 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,021 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,819 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,697 |
| 2009 | 5 | 18,934 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,637 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,165 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,037 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,708 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,718 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,482 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,641 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13,000 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,615 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 9 | 3,140 |
| 1924 | 11 | 2,752 |
| 1925 | 8 | 3,280 |
| 1926 | 6 | 3,990 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,519 |
| 1938 | 8 | 2,770 |
| 1944 | 8 | 2,757 |
| 1946 | 5 | 3,794 |
| 1947 | 9 | 2,779 |
| 1949 | 6 | 3,532 |
| 1951 | 9 | 2,778 |
| 1953 | 9 | 2,820 |
| 1954 | 7 | 3,311 |
| 1958 | 5 | 4,262 |
| 1959 | 7 | 3,449 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |

## People named Lauri

- Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician; the 2nd President of Finland (1883–1942)
- Lauri Ingman, Finnish priest, theologian and politician (1868-1934)
- Lauri Markkanen, Finnish basketball player (born 1997)
- Lauri Törni, Finnish military officer in the Finnish Army, Waffen-SS, and U.S. Army (1919-1965)
- Lauri Ylönen, Finnish rock singer
- Lauri Lehtinen, Finnish athletics competitor (1908–1973)
- Lauri Virtanen, Finnish long-distance runner
- Lauri Korpikoski, Finnish ice hockey player
- Lauri Hussar, Estonian journalist (born 1973)
- Lauri Dalla Valle, Finnish footballer
- Lauri Koskela, Finnish wrestler (1907–1944)
- Lauri Aus, Estonian cyclist (1970-2003)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.