NameTrendsU.S. Baby Name Data

Laura Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Laura: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 801,811 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
801,811
Peak year
1964 #14
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-10.3%

In the 1960s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
20111,171#273
20121,146#279
20131,029#315
20141,052#315
20151,016#320
2016968#346
2017948#340
2018947#339
2019951#337
2020871#356
2021807#389
2022874#363
2023846#362
2024872#359
2025805#379

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1964

CA
2,132
NY
1,917
IL
1,590
OH
1,162
TX
1,105
MI
994

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