Lauro
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOW-roh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Lauro is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “laurel”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Lauro mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish name from laurus
“laurel”
Italian and Spanish name from Latin laurus, the laurel, an ancient symbol of victory.
Is Lauro a girl's or a boy's name?
Lauro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lauro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Lauro, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Lauro in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lauro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 39 | #2,140 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 38 | #2,041 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,007 |
| 1989 | 31 | #2,200 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,723 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,834 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,947 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,643 |
| 1957 | 22 | #1,714 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 21 | #1,676 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,500 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Lauro
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lauro: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lauro, updated 20 October 2026.