Laurita
Laurita is a name with multiple cultural origins: Spanish, Portuguese.
- Spanish
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Laurita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Laurita is a name with multiple cultural origins: Spanish, Portuguese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Portuguese
The Story of Laurita
American parents first put Laurita on the record books as a baby girl name in 1915, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1954, when 26 Lauritas were born — ranking #2,075 that year. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 28% of all recorded Lauritas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1992 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 629 Lauritas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Laurita
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Laurita. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Laurita
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About the name Laurita
Laurita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 629 births in the dataset. Laurita's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #2,075. Use the chart and map above to compare Laurita's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.