Loree
Feminine
Loree is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 3,469 girls against 5 boys since 1880.
Loree was charting in America before the ee-ending was fashionable. The spellings that end this way are usually filed with the middle of the twentieth century; this one was in the record at the very end of the nineteenth, which makes it an early example of a habit that had not yet become one.
How old is the name Loree?
Loree first appears in US birth records in 1896 — 129 years ago. The typical Loree alive today was born around 1957, making them about 68 years old. About 2,200 people named Loree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Loree most popular?
Loree peaked in 1910, reaching #845 nationally. See the whole 1910 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Lori to Loree
The story of Loree
The ee ending's job is to fix a final vowel that the alternatives leave open: Lori might be LORE-ee or LORR-eye, Lorie might be either, and Loree can only be one thing. American parents worked that out repeatedly and independently across a century, which is why the spelling appears in the record long before the wave it is usually associated with. This one is also recorded for boys as well as girls, which fits its date rather than its shape — in the years it first appeared, a short name ending in a bright vowel was not yet read as belonging to one sex.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The meaning depends on what stands behind it, and several things might. Laura, Lorraine and Laurence all produce this short form, and some Lorees have none of them behind them at all.
How the name formed
- Lori
- Loree
Pronouncing Loree
LOR-ee
Two syllables with the weight at the front. Some families put it at the back, lor-EE, and the spelling permits either.
Nicknames for Loree
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1896
- Most girls named
- 1963104 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #845reached in 1910
- Change vs 2002
- 0.0%5 in 2023, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lorees among us
people named Loree are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Loree sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The ending removes any question about the final vowel.
- Five letters, two syllables, and nothing that has to be explained.
- It sits comfortably in front of almost any surname.
- Lori, Lorie, Laurie and Loree are four spellings of one sound and all will be tried.
- There is no settled meaning to pass on.
- The spelling is recorded for boys as well as girls in the United States.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lorees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Loree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Loree in 2025?
- Loree is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Loree with classmates?
- Loree will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with L, all years combined.
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