Loris

Loris was the #3,684 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (5 babies).

Loris as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Loris as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020England & Wales
Loris as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025—#3,684 (5)—
2024#12,349 (5)#2,922 (7)—
2023—#2,547 (8)—
2022—#4,790 (3)#2,810 (5)
2021—#3,017 (6)—
2020—#2,228 (9)—
2019—#2,488 (8)—
2018—#2,259 (9)#2,740 (5)
2017#9,696 (7)#2,324 (9)—
2016—#2,335 (9)—
2015#10,644 (6)#2,483 (8)—
2014—#4,632 (3)—
2013—#2,403 (8)—
2011—#2,613 (7)—
2010—#3,332 (5)—

Loris as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Loris as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020
Loris as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2019#15,539 (5)——
2011—#4,764 (4)—
2005#16,462 (5)——
2003—#3,594 (4)—
2001#13,521 (6)—#2,573 (5)
1996#13,518 (5)——
1994#13,430 (5)——
1992#13,317 (5)——
1990#10,193 (7)——
1989#12,362 (5)——
1987#7,987 (8)——
1984#8,153 (7)——
1980#6,789 (9)——
1979#9,010 (6)——
1978#6,385 (9)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2008 at #1,596.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 2001.
  • In 1969, 63% of US babies named Loris were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 56,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Loris is likely to keep rising in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 43,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 96,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LorisCanadaGirls—too few
LorisCanadaBoys—too few
LorisEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LorisEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
LorisNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LorisUSGirls—too few
LorisUSBoys—too few