Lori
Girl · LOR-ee · Latin
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Lori is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “laurel”. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies) and 1,721st for girls in the US (118 babies).
What does Lori mean?
Latin: pet form of Laura or Lorraine
“laurel”
Pet form of Laura or Lorraine, used as an independent name since the mid-20th century.
- Say it
- LOR-ee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lori a girl's or a boy's name?
Lori is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the UK and 118 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lori in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,416among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Lori, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 68 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lori in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales, 474th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Lori in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,451 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | 36 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 33 | #1,131 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 27 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 28 | #1,004 |
| 2004 | 36 | #834 |
| 2003 | 26 | #997 |
| 2002 | 25 | #990 |
| 2001 | 33 | #800 |
| 2000 | 47 | #628 |
| 1999 | 45 | #633 |
| 1998 | 54 | #564 |
| 1997 | 42 | #670 |
| 1996 | 68 | #474 |
How popular is Lori in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 118about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 118 girls in the US were named Lori, making it the 1,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,668th. Its busiest year was 1963, with 23,899 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lori than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Lori in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 133 girls in the US were given Lori or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,385, up from #1,721 for this spelling alone.
Lori in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | #1,721 |
| 2024 | 141 | #1,524 |
| 2023 | 157 | #1,421 |
| 2022 | 165 | #1,387 |
| 2021 | 128 | #1,630 |
| 2020 | 123 | #1,668 |
| 2019 | 126 | #1,668 |
| 2018 | 140 | #1,548 |
| 2017 | 129 | #1,665 |
| 2016 | 144 | #1,550 |
| 2015 | 135 | #1,593 |
| 2014 | 129 | #1,652 |
| 2013 | 115 | #1,775 |
| 2012 | 101 | #1,940 |
| 2011 | 117 | #1,748 |
| 2010 | 111 | #1,830 |
| 2009 | 135 | #1,650 |
| 2008 | 142 | #1,597 |
| 2007 | 179 | #1,354 |
| 2006 | 135 | #1,590 |
| 2005 | 226 | #1,054 |
| 2004 | 189 | #1,185 |
| 2003 | 207 | #1,070 |
| 2002 | 183 | #1,134 |
| 2001 | 233 | #948 |
| 2000 | 255 | #862 |
| 1999 | 284 | #774 |
| 1998 | 308 | #717 |
| 1997 | 304 | #705 |
| 1996 | 345 | #648 |
| 1995 | 394 | #584 |
| 1994 | 524 | #475 |
| 1993 | 556 | #451 |
| 1992 | 642 | #400 |
| 1991 | 736 | #351 |
| 1990 | 852 | #323 |
| 1989 | 986 | #274 |
| 1988 | 1,090 | #241 |
| 1987 | 1,171 | #229 |
| 1986 | 1,466 | #182 |
| 1985 | 1,791 | #158 |
| 1984 | 2,079 | #143 |
| 1983 | 2,520 | #113 |
| 1982 | 2,978 | #98 |
| 1981 | 3,479 | #91 |
| 1980 | 4,085 | #76 |
| 1979 | 4,432 | #69 |
| 1978 | 4,631 | #60 |
| 1977 | 5,072 | #57 |
| 1976 | 5,849 | #47 |
| 1975 | 6,650 | #39 |
| 1974 | 7,960 | #30 |
| 1973 | 8,472 | #28 |
| 1972 | 9,434 | #28 |
| 1971 | 11,829 | #25 |
| 1970 | 13,448 | #23 |
| 1969 | 14,020 | #20 |
| 1968 | 13,126 | #22 |
| 1967 | 13,564 | #24 |
| 1966 | 14,671 | #21 |
| 1965 | 15,695 | #19 |
| 1964 | 18,624 | #15 |
| 1963 | 23,899 | #8 |
| 1962 | 22,395 | #11 |
| 1961 | 21,876 | #14 |
| 1960 | 18,690 | #20 |
| 1959 | 15,032 | #27 |
| 1958 | 13,032 | #30 |
| 1957 | 8,964 | #45 |
| 1956 | 7,145 | #66 |
| 1955 | 4,976 | #89 |
| 1954 | 3,440 | #121 |
| 1953 | 1,792 | #173 |
| 1952 | 972 | #252 |
| 1951 | 531 | #346 |
| 1950 | 186 | #615 |
| 1949 | 178 | #618 |
| 1948 | 136 | #724 |
| 1947 | 105 | #853 |
| 1946 | 88 | #884 |
| 1945 | 53 | #1,079 |
| 1944 | 55 | #1,052 |
| 1943 | 51 | #1,123 |
| 1942 | 53 | #1,076 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,184 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,242 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,401 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,153 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
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