Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Laura

#26 most common girls' name of all time · #66 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#26
Rank overall
#66 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
804,390
Since 2016
8,889
Peak year
1964 #14
Best rank
#10 1969
Girls Boys peak 19,008/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Laura is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 805 805 #379
2024 872 872 #357
2023 846 846 #362
2022 874 874 #363
2021 807 807 #389
2020 871 871 #356
2019 951 951 #337
2018 947 947 #339
2017 948 948 #339
2016 968 968 #345
2015 1,016 1,016 #320
2014 1,052 1,052 #315
2013 1,029 1,029 #314
2012 1,146 1,146 #279
2011 1,171 5 1,176 #273
2010 1,214 1,214 #271
2009 1,414 1,414 #234
2008 1,595 1,595 #215
2007 1,844 1,844 #183
2006 2,066 2,066 #172
2005 2,356 6 2,362 #146
2004 2,555 13 2,568 #129
2003 2,750 2,750 #124
2002 3,159 3,159 #105
2001 3,563 9 3,572 #86
2000 3,741 10 3,751 #85
1999 3,878 8 3,886 #81
1998 4,298 4,298 #74
1997 4,851 7 4,858 #66
1996 5,227 12 5,239 #66
1995 6,008 12 6,020 #55
1994 6,860 28 6,888 #46
1993 7,262 24 7,286 #43
1992 8,311 26 8,337 #38
1991 9,644 31 9,675 #35
1990 10,914 44 10,958 #29
1989 11,740 66 11,806 #25
1988 12,126 58 12,184 #23
1987 13,033 56 13,089 #22
1986 14,172 57 14,229 #20
1985 16,002 66 16,068 #14
1984 14,818 63 14,881 #19
1983 13,199 60 13,259 #23
1982 13,310 63 13,373 #22
1981 13,292 55 13,347 #21
1980 12,916 55 12,971 #21
1979 11,880 58 11,938 #20
1978 11,240 37 11,277 #19
1977 11,318 35 11,353 #20
1976 11,252 46 11,298 #20
1975 10,311 31 10,342 #20
1974 9,716 42 9,758 #21
1973 10,344 44 10,388 #19
1972 11,778 41 11,819 #17
1971 13,875 67 13,942 #16
1970 16,490 53 16,543 #13
1969 17,922 55 17,977 #10
1968 18,741 57 18,798 #11
1967 15,819 41 15,860 #15
1966 15,553 33 15,586 #19
1965 16,218 47 16,265 #17
1964 18,967 41 19,008 #14
1963 18,514 66 18,580 #16
1962 17,490 42 17,532 #21
1961 17,901 34 17,935 #21
1960 17,060 33 17,093 #25
1959 14,528 33 14,561 #30
1958 13,513 23 13,536 #29
1957 12,181 25 12,206 #31
1956 10,570 21 10,591 #34
1955 9,008 18 9,026 #41
1954 8,719 23 8,742 #45
1953 7,628 22 7,650 #51
1952 7,188 18 7,206 #53
1951 6,466 13 6,479 #60
1950 5,725 21 5,746 #63
1949 5,384 5,384 #65
1948 4,901 15 4,916 #73
1947 5,051 12 5,063 #74
1946 4,478 17 4,495 #75
1945 3,589 6 3,595 #77
1944 2,244 7 2,251 #119
1943 2,391 12 2,403 #117
1942 2,409 12 2,421 #115
1941 2,274 11 2,285 #115
1940 2,350 13 2,363 #108
1939 2,376 11 2,387 #107
1938 2,442 8 2,450 #108
1937 2,363 19 2,382 #105
1936 2,255 14 2,269 #106
1935 2,358 20 2,378 #101
1934 2,438 11 2,449 #96
1933 2,536 11 2,547 #91
1932 2,748 24 2,772 #88
1931 2,669 14 2,683 #89
1930 2,908 15 2,923 #89
1929 2,936 11 2,947 #90
1928 3,146 13 3,159 #83
1927 3,338 19 3,357 #81
1926 3,373 20 3,393 #81
1925 3,588 12 3,600 #75
1924 3,829 15 3,844 #72
1923 3,710 13 3,723 #73
1922 3,902 20 3,922 #68
1921 3,998 19 4,017 #71
1920 4,171 8 4,179 #63
1919 3,663 16 3,679 #71
1918 4,062 13 4,075 #64
1917 3,807 15 3,822 #65
1916 3,744 9 3,753 #64
1915 3,723 5 3,728 #61
1914 3,059 10 3,069 #59
1913 2,454 7 2,461 #62
1912 2,413 9 2,422 #57
1911 1,790 7 1,797 #57
1910 1,834 6 1,840 #53
1909 1,524 1,524 #55
1908 1,558 7 1,565 #52
1907 1,621 6 1,627 #51
1906 1,467 7 1,474 #52
1905 1,566 8 1,574 #49
1904 1,508 5 1,513 #47
1903 1,503 1,503 #43
1902 1,559 6 1,565 #43
1901 1,402 1,402 #44
1900 1,824 7 1,831 #45
1899 1,472 1,472 #43
1898 1,768 14 1,782 #38
1897 1,585 7 1,592 #39
1896 1,665 1,665 #37
1895 1,643 5 1,648 #36
1894 1,730 1,730 #32
1893 1,683 7 1,690 #31
1892 1,744 5 1,749 #29
1891 1,509 6 1,515 #29
1890 1,634 9 1,643 #27
1889 1,567 1,567 #25
1888 1,624 11 1,635 #25
1887 1,364 6 1,370 #22
1886 1,372 5 1,377 #22
1885 1,325 1,325 #21
1884 1,246 1,246 #21
1883 1,183 1,183 #19
1882 1,151 5 1,156 #17
1881 962 962 #19
1880 1,012 1,012 #17