Laura
Rank in 2025
#379
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
805
girls 805
Peak year
1968
18,741 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
804,390
since 1880
Born a Laura? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Laura was most popular in 1968, when 18,741 babies recorded as girls got the name (11.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 805 babies were named Laura, ranking #379 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 805 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 872 | 357 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 846 | 362 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 874 | 363 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 807 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 871 | 356 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 951 | 337 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 947 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 948 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 968 | 345 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,016 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,052 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,029 | 314 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,146 | 279 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 1,171 | 273 | 5 | 12287 |
| 2010 | 1,214 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,414 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,595 | 215 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,844 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 2,066 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 2,356 | 146 | 6 | 10151 |
| 2004 | 2,555 | 129 | 13 | 5813 |
| 2003 | 2,750 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 3,159 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 3,563 | 86 | 9 | 6935 |
| 2000 | 3,741 | 85 | 10 | 6316 |
| 1999 | 3,878 | 81 | 8 | 7139 |
| 1998 | 4,298 | 74 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 4,851 | 66 | 7 | 7281 |
| 1996 | 5,227 | 66 | 12 | 4878 |
| 1995 | 6,008 | 55 | 12 | 4791 |
| 1994 | 6,860 | 46 | 28 | 2618 |
| 1993 | 7,262 | 43 | 24 | 2865 |
| 1992 | 8,311 | 38 | 26 | 2670 |
| 1991 | 9,644 | 35 | 31 | 2295 |
| 1990 | 10,914 | 29 | 44 | 1780 |
| 1989 | 11,740 | 25 | 66 | 1349 |
| 1988 | 12,126 | 23 | 58 | 1355 |
| 1987 | 13,033 | 22 | 56 | 1316 |
| 1986 | 14,172 | 20 | 57 | 1286 |
| 1985 | 16,002 | 14 | 66 | 1147 |
| 1984 | 14,818 | 19 | 63 | 1144 |
| 1983 | 13,199 | 23 | 60 | 1166 |
| 1982 | 13,310 | 22 | 63 | 1150 |
| 1981 | 13,292 | 21 | 55 | 1236 |
| 1980 | 12,916 | 21 | 55 | 1238 |
| 1979 | 11,880 | 20 | 58 | 1193 |
| 1978 | 11,240 | 19 | 37 | 1537 |
| 1977 | 11,318 | 20 | 35 | 1571 |
| 1976 | 11,252 | 20 | 46 | 1304 |
| 1975 | 10,311 | 20 | 31 | 1630 |
| 1974 | 9,716 | 21 | 42 | 1311 |
| 1973 | 10,344 | 19 | 44 | 1238 |
| 1972 | 11,778 | 17 | 41 | 1307 |
| 1971 | 13,875 | 16 | 67 | 990 |
| 1970 | 16,490 | 13 | 53 | 1132 |
| 1969 | 17,922 | 10 | 55 | 1042 |
| 1968 | 18,741 | 11 | 57 | 968 |
| 1967 | 15,819 | 15 | 41 | 1165 |
| 1966 | 15,553 | 19 | 33 | 1327 |
| 1965 | 16,218 | 17 | 47 | 1081 |
| 1964 | 18,967 | 14 | 41 | 1199 |
| 1963 | 18,514 | 16 | 66 | 921 |
| 1962 | 17,490 | 21 | 42 | 1204 |
| 1961 | 17,901 | 21 | 34 | 1368 |
| 1960 | 17,060 | 25 | 33 | 1382 |
| 1959 | 14,528 | 30 | 33 | 1360 |
| 1958 | 13,513 | 29 | 23 | 1644 |
| 1957 | 12,181 | 31 | 25 | 1583 |
| 1956 | 10,570 | 34 | 21 | 1722 |
| 1955 | 9,008 | 41 | 18 | 1845 |
| 1954 | 8,719 | 45 | 23 | 1593 |
| 1953 | 7,628 | 51 | 22 | 1630 |
| 1952 | 7,188 | 53 | 18 | 1804 |
| 1951 | 6,466 | 60 | 13 | 2135 |
| 1950 | 5,725 | 63 | 21 | 1615 |
| 1949 | 5,384 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 4,901 | 73 | 15 | 1943 |
| 1947 | 5,051 | 74 | 12 | 2251 |
| 1946 | 4,478 | 75 | 17 | 1759 |
| 1945 | 3,589 | 77 | 6 | 2996 |
| 1944 | 2,244 | 119 | 7 | 2862 |
| 1943 | 2,391 | 117 | 12 | 2182 |
| 1942 | 2,409 | 115 | 12 | 2145 |
| 1941 | 2,274 | 115 | 11 | 2207 |
| 1940 | 2,350 | 108 | 13 | 1983 |
| 1939 | 2,376 | 107 | 11 | 2159 |
| 1938 | 2,442 | 108 | 8 | 2646 |
| 1937 | 2,363 | 105 | 19 | 1576 |
| 1936 | 2,255 | 106 | 14 | 1872 |
| 1935 | 2,358 | 101 | 20 | 1538 |
| 1934 | 2,438 | 96 | 11 | 2266 |
| 1933 | 2,536 | 91 | 11 | 2214 |
| 1932 | 2,748 | 88 | 24 | 1426 |
| 1931 | 2,669 | 89 | 14 | 2003 |
| 1930 | 2,908 | 89 | 15 | 1964 |
| 1929 | 2,936 | 90 | 11 | 2452 |
| 1928 | 3,146 | 83 | 13 | 2270 |
| 1927 | 3,338 | 81 | 19 | 1796 |
| 1926 | 3,373 | 81 | 20 | 1720 |
| 1925 | 3,588 | 75 | 12 | 2435 |
| 1924 | 3,829 | 72 | 15 | 2132 |
| 1923 | 3,710 | 73 | 13 | 2331 |
| 1922 | 3,902 | 68 | 20 | 1765 |
| 1921 | 3,998 | 71 | 19 | 1829 |
| 1920 | 4,171 | 63 | 8 | 3208 |
| 1919 | 3,663 | 71 | 16 | 1973 |
| 1918 | 4,062 | 64 | 13 | 2260 |
| 1917 | 3,807 | 65 | 15 | 1986 |
| 1916 | 3,744 | 64 | 9 | 2730 |
| 1915 | 3,723 | 61 | 5 | 3825 |
| 1914 | 3,059 | 59 | 10 | 2101 |
| 1913 | 2,454 | 62 | 7 | 2273 |
| 1912 | 2,413 | 57 | 9 | 1746 |
| 1911 | 1,790 | 57 | 7 | 1387 |
| 1910 | 1,834 | 53 | 6 | 1421 |
| 1909 | 1,524 | 55 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 1,558 | 52 | 7 | 1113 |
| 1907 | 1,621 | 51 | 6 | 1200 |
| 1906 | 1,467 | 52 | 7 | 1004 |
| 1905 | 1,566 | 49 | 8 | 919 |
| 1904 | 1,508 | 47 | 5 | 1205 |
| 1903 | 1,503 | 43 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 1,559 | 43 | 6 | 1013 |
| 1901 | 1,402 | 44 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 1,824 | 45 | 7 | 1050 |
| 1899 | 1,472 | 43 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 1,768 | 38 | 14 | 573 |
| 1897 | 1,585 | 39 | 7 | 852 |
| 1896 | 1,665 | 37 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 1,643 | 36 | 5 | 1079 |
| 1894 | 1,730 | 32 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 1,683 | 31 | 7 | 836 |
| 1892 | 1,744 | 29 | 5 | 1066 |
| 1891 | 1,509 | 29 | 6 | 841 |
| 1890 | 1,634 | 27 | 9 | 667 |
| 1889 | 1,567 | 25 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 1,624 | 25 | 11 | 609 |
| 1887 | 1,364 | 22 | 6 | 819 |
| 1886 | 1,372 | 22 | 5 | 959 |
| 1885 | 1,325 | 21 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 1,246 | 21 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 1,183 | 19 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 1,151 | 17 | 5 | 943 |
| 1881 | 962 | 19 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 1,012 | 17 | <5 | — |
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Where Laura is most popular
- Massachusetts2.7×
- Mississippi1.8×
- Pennsylvania1.6×
- Connecticut1.5×
- Kentucky1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years