# Laurice (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/laurice/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,019 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 280 / 1,739 (86% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 12 | 5,993 |
| 1987 | 10 | 7,095 |
| 1988 | 18 | 4,761 |
| 1989 | 12 | 6,773 |
| 1990 | 18 | 5,181 |
| 1991 | 12 | 7,206 |
| 1992 | 16 | 5,885 |
| 1993 | 12 | 7,289 |
| 1994 | 10 | 8,503 |
| 1995 | 9 | 9,194 |
| 1996 | 11 | 7,888 |
| 1997 | 6 | 13,026 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,840 |
| 2004 | 6 | 15,234 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,821 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 6 | 3,574 |
| 1954 | 5 | 4,127 |
| 1960 | 7 | 3,517 |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,788 |
| 1970 | 6 | 4,520 |
| 1971 | 5 | 5,338 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,423 |
| 1973 | 11 | 3,139 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,772 |
| 1986 | 7 | 5,697 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,941 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,026 |
| 2002 | 5 | 11,747 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,480 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11,960 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |

## 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.