Larimar
Girl · LAIR-ih-mar · Spanish
Larimar is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “Larissa + sea”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Larimar mean?
Spanish: gemstone name coined from Larissa + mar 'sea'
“Larissa + sea”
Larimar is a sea-blue stone found only in the Dominican Republic, named in the 1970s after a daughter, Larissa, and the sea.
- Say it
- LAIR-ih-mar
Is Larimar a girl's or a boy's name?
Larimar is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Larimar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 375% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Larimar, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had the most girls named Larimar of any year since it first appeared, in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Larimar in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Larimar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Larimar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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