girls:
1.7k births since 1914
#4033 (29th percentile)
boys:
280 births since 1903
#4306 (6th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1903
#5758 (26th percentile)
The name Laurice is the #5,758 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,019 recorded births since 1903. This represents the 25.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,033 (29.4% percentile) for all time with 1,739 births since 1914. For boys, it ranks #4,306 (6.0% percentile) for all time with 280 births since 1903.
Laurice first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1903 (1903 for boys and 1914 for girls). Birth data for Laurice is available in 90 out of the 106 years between 1903 and 2008 (87 years for girls and 43 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Laurice has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2008, 0.0% of babies named Laurice were girls. Interestingly, until around 1914, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1903 to 1913), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (86.3% girls from 1914 to 2008).
For girls, Laurice reached its peak popularity in 1954, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #685) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
For boys, Laurice reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #526) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1903, with 39 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Laurice".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Laurice. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.9% confident that Laurice is pronounced as law-REES, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LAW-rihs, at 35.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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