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.

Laural

#6,796 most common girls' name of all time · #11,439 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1918–2012

Rank among girls
#6,796
Rank overall
#11,439 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
1,058
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1957 #1,482
Best rank
#1,482 1957
Girls Boys peak 52/yr
19201940196019802000

Laural first appears in 1918. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2012 5 5 #17,051
2007 5 5 #17,844
2006 10 10 #10,680
2004 7 7 #12,893
2003 10 10 #9,763
2002 5 5 #15,645
2001 6 6 #13,678
2000 10 10 #9,266
1999 12 12 #7,797
1998 13 13 #7,169
1997 9 9 #9,124
1996 10 10 #8,232
1995 7 7 #10,659
1994 12 12 #7,185
1993 5 5 #13,699
1991 8 8 #9,458
1990 6 6 #11,577
1989 10 10 #7,546
1988 6 6 #10,568
1987 8 8 #8,112
1986 7 7 #8,704
1985 14 14 #5,147
1984 16 16 #4,542
1983 5 5 #10,537
1982 11 11 #6,001
1981 11 11 #5,982
1980 7 7 #8,334
1979 12 12 #5,504
1978 7 7 #7,811
1977 6 6 #8,658
1976 15 15 #4,211
1975 13 13 #4,656
1974 14 14 #4,274
1973 8 8 #6,225
1972 12 12 #4,606
1971 16 16 #3,846
1970 25 25 #2,803
1969 19 19 #3,145
1968 22 22 #2,743
1967 18 18 #3,015
1966 20 20 #2,788
1965 22 22 #2,635
1964 22 22 #2,703
1963 25 25 #2,457
1962 26 26 #2,386
1961 34 34 #2,022
1960 31 31 #2,081
1959 20 20 #2,640
1958 32 32 #1,968
1957 52 52 #1,482
1956 30 30 #1,993
1955 25 25 #2,191
1954 20 20 #2,498
1953 24 24 #2,156
1952 6 6 #5,198
1951 25 25 #2,002
1950 19 19 #2,311
1949 21 21 #2,182
1948 18 18 #2,387
1947 20 20 #2,257
1946 19 19 #2,206
1945 17 17 #2,124
1944 10 10 #3,088
1943 14 14 #2,536
1942 7 7 #3,983
1941 7 7 #3,812
1940 7 7 #3,744
1939 17 17 #2,025
1938 5 5 #4,725
1932 5 5 #4,877
1929 5 5 #5,050
1928 8 8 #3,700
1927 7 7 #4,212
1926 5 5 #5,389
1925 6 6 #4,832
1918 5 5 #5,467