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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |