# Loris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/loris/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,280 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 579 / 1,701 (75% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 155, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 8 | 6,859 |
| 1977 | 6 | 9,134 |
| 1978 | 9 | 6,698 |
| 1979 | 6 | 9,655 |
| 1980 | 9 | 7,131 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,705 |
| 1987 | 8 | 8,435 |
| 1989 | 5 | 13,629 |
| 1990 | 7 | 10,893 |
| 1992 | 5 | 14,573 |
| 1994 | 5 | 14,767 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,848 |
| 2001 | 6 | 14,607 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,089 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,032 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 5 | 3,993 |
| 1951 | 10 | 2,588 |
| 1952 | 9 | 2,802 |
| 1953 | 5 | 4,135 |
| 1955 | 6 | 3,733 |
| 1956 | 5 | 4,259 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,425 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,515 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,773 |
| 1968 | 6 | 3,968 |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,804 |
| 1988 | 5 | 8,042 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,567 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,360 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,464 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Loris

- Loris Karius, German association football player
- Loris Baz, French motorcycle racer
- Loris Tjeknavorian, Armenian-Iranian conductor and composer (b. 1937)
- Loris Arnaud, French footballer
- Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (1933-2003)
- Loris Néry, French footballer
- Loris Francini, Captain Regent of San Marino

## 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.