Lori
Pronounced L AA1 R IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1963
- 143 years in use
- 11 spellings
How popular is Lori?
Lori is a girls' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 566,843 children — the 60th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1963, when 36,424 children were given it.
11 other spellings are counted in that total — Laurie, Lorie, Lorrie and eight more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Lori and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Laurie
- Lorie
- Lorrie
- Lauri
- Loree
- Lory
- Lorry
- Laury
- Lorey
- Laurey
- Lawrie
Nicknames
Lori is itself a short form of Lorraine.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L AA1 R IY0 · L AO1 R IY0 · L AO1 R IY1
- Stress pattern:
- 10 · 10 · 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Lori
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Lori
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Lori?
- Lori ranks 60th among girls' names in US records, with 566,843 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,177.
- Is Lori a unisex name?
- No. Lori is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Lori most popular?
- 1963, when 36,424 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Lori spelled?
- Laurie, Lorie, Lorrie, Lauri, Loree, Lory, Lorry, Laury, Lorey, Laurey, Lawrie. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.