Laurel
#599 most common girls' name of all time · #1,115 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1883–2025
Rank among girls
#599
Rank overall
#1,115 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
48,973
Since 2016
4,289
Peak year
1956 #241
Best rank
#241 1956
Girls
Boys
peak 1,197/yr
Laurel first appears in 1883. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 372 | — | 372 | #734 |
| 2024 | 387 | — | 387 | #729 |
| 2023 | 394 | — | 394 | #715 |
| 2022 | 415 | 6 | 421 | #709 |
| 2021 | 465 | — | 465 | #637 |
| 2020 | 415 | — | 415 | #685 |
| 2019 | 388 | — | 388 | #728 |
| 2018 | 484 | — | 484 | #620 |
| 2017 | 504 | — | 504 | #598 |
| 2016 | 459 | — | 459 | #643 |
| 2015 | 369 | — | 369 | #768 |
| 2014 | 340 | — | 340 | #814 |
| 2013 | 297 | — | 297 | #866 |
| 2012 | 262 | — | 262 | #968 |
| 2011 | 282 | — | 282 | #922 |
| 2010 | 233 | — | 233 | #1,063 |
| 2009 | 241 | — | 241 | #1,059 |
| 2008 | 272 | — | 272 | #981 |
| 2007 | 288 | — | 288 | #938 |
| 2006 | 316 | — | 316 | #849 |
| 2005 | 332 | — | 332 | #783 |
| 2004 | 355 | — | 355 | #740 |
| 2003 | 404 | — | 404 | #657 |
| 2002 | 375 | — | 375 | #674 |
| 2001 | 399 | — | 399 | #627 |
| 2000 | 463 | — | 463 | #562 |
| 1999 | 444 | — | 444 | #566 |
| 1998 | 497 | — | 497 | #507 |
| 1997 | 474 | — | 474 | #510 |
| 1996 | 376 | — | 376 | #609 |
| 1995 | 407 | — | 407 | #568 |
| 1994 | 488 | — | 488 | #510 |
| 1993 | 426 | 9 | 435 | #561 |
| 1992 | 374 | 5 | 379 | #607 |
| 1991 | 432 | — | 432 | #542 |
| 1990 | 447 | — | 447 | #531 |
| 1989 | 526 | — | 526 | #461 |
| 1988 | 493 | — | 493 | #455 |
| 1987 | 447 | — | 447 | #481 |
| 1986 | 482 | 7 | 489 | #449 |
| 1985 | 561 | 8 | 569 | #402 |
| 1984 | 491 | 6 | 497 | #428 |
| 1983 | 436 | 7 | 443 | #464 |
| 1982 | 507 | 6 | 513 | #431 |
| 1981 | 481 | 12 | 493 | #446 |
| 1980 | 477 | 11 | 488 | #449 |
| 1979 | 431 | 9 | 440 | #467 |
| 1978 | 313 | — | 313 | #559 |
| 1977 | 337 | 5 | 342 | #537 |
| 1976 | 330 | 8 | 338 | #531 |
| 1975 | 313 | — | 313 | #549 |
| 1974 | 343 | 10 | 353 | #507 |
| 1973 | 416 | — | 416 | #449 |
| 1972 | 466 | — | 466 | #417 |
| 1971 | 494 | 6 | 500 | #423 |
| 1970 | 622 | 6 | 628 | #382 |
| 1969 | 631 | 11 | 642 | #369 |
| 1968 | 753 | 8 | 761 | #317 |
| 1967 | 506 | 9 | 515 | #415 |
| 1966 | 444 | 11 | 455 | #444 |
| 1965 | 524 | 8 | 532 | #405 |
| 1964 | 544 | 12 | 556 | #416 |
| 1963 | 717 | 8 | 725 | #355 |
| 1962 | 700 | 13 | 713 | #358 |
| 1961 | 757 | 7 | 764 | #345 |
| 1960 | 790 | 16 | 806 | #333 |
| 1959 | 874 | 9 | 883 | #312 |
| 1958 | 965 | 12 | 977 | #287 |
| 1957 | 1,123 | 9 | 1,132 | #255 |
| 1956 | 1,181 | 16 | 1,197 | #241 |
| 1955 | 982 | 24 | 1,006 | #276 |
| 1954 | 879 | 18 | 897 | #286 |
| 1953 | 938 | 21 | 959 | #267 |
| 1952 | 888 | 20 | 908 | #269 |
| 1951 | 851 | 19 | 870 | #269 |
| 1950 | 758 | 16 | 774 | #282 |
| 1949 | 694 | 23 | 717 | #293 |
| 1948 | 687 | 17 | 704 | #292 |
| 1947 | 775 | 30 | 805 | #277 |
| 1946 | 678 | 18 | 696 | #283 |
| 1945 | 530 | 24 | 554 | #298 |
| 1944 | 349 | 23 | 372 | #378 |
| 1943 | 299 | 25 | 324 | #426 |
| 1942 | 294 | 39 | 333 | #418 |
| 1941 | 297 | 21 | 318 | #399 |
| 1940 | 287 | 35 | 322 | #404 |
| 1939 | 352 | 28 | 380 | #339 |
| 1938 | 281 | 26 | 307 | #398 |
| 1937 | 127 | 29 | 156 | #597 |
| 1936 | 80 | 37 | 117 | #752 |
| 1935 | 102 | 30 | 132 | #652 |
| 1934 | 96 | 47 | 143 | #683 |
| 1933 | 102 | 37 | 139 | #652 |
| 1932 | 119 | 49 | 168 | #603 |
| 1931 | 127 | 34 | 161 | #588 |
| 1930 | 139 | 33 | 172 | #580 |
| 1929 | 146 | 42 | 188 | #568 |
| 1928 | 165 | 38 | 203 | #541 |
| 1927 | 223 | 66 | 289 | #467 |
| 1926 | 169 | 69 | 238 | #537 |
| 1925 | 135 | 39 | 174 | #632 |
| 1924 | 177 | 48 | 225 | #547 |
| 1923 | 202 | 55 | 257 | #487 |
| 1922 | 89 | 54 | 143 | #775 |
| 1921 | 63 | 55 | 118 | #937 |
| 1920 | 68 | 55 | 123 | #882 |
| 1919 | 53 | 29 | 82 | #990 |
| 1918 | 65 | 44 | 109 | #890 |
| 1917 | 55 | 44 | 99 | #938 |
| 1916 | 37 | 31 | 68 | #1,179 |
| 1915 | 41 | 40 | 81 | #1,049 |
| 1914 | 33 | 36 | 69 | #1,051 |
| 1913 | 30 | 22 | 52 | #994 |
| 1912 | 23 | 23 | 46 | #1,096 |
| 1911 | 17 | 11 | 28 | #1,084 |
| 1910 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #1,371 |
| 1909 | 18 | — | 18 | #980 |
| 1908 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #1,023 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,550 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,606 |
| 1905 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #1,452 |
| 1904 | 16 | 9 | 25 | #929 |
| 1903 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1902 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #1,176 |
| 1901 | 15 | — | 15 | #872 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,265 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,012 |
| 1898 | 14 | 5 | 19 | #945 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,127 |
| 1896 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #1,469 |
| 1895 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #1,650 |
| 1894 | 16 | — | 16 | #772 |
| 1893 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,064 |
| 1892 | 11 | — | 11 | #943 |
| 1891 | 10 | — | 10 | #929 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,153 |
| 1889 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #1,214 |
| 1887 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #1,094 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | 7 | #967 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,122 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | 6 | #992 |
| 1883 | 12 | — | 12 | #578 |