Meaning not yet researched.
Laura: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 805 in 2025. Its best rank was #10 in 1969.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #10 in 1969; #379 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Laura in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#379 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1969, at #10.
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Laura: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 805 girls in 2025. Peak: #10 in 1969 · most girls in one year: 18,967 (1964).
In 2025, 805 US girls were named Laura, making it the 379th most common girls’ name of the year, down 20 places from #359 in 2024. That is 67 fewer than the 872 girls named Laura in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #10, reached in 1969. The most girls given the name in a single year was 18,967, in 1964. For comparison, it was #320 in 2015 and #63 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Laura in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 1,012 babies with the name. In all, 804,390 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 174,634 babies named Laura.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,889 US girls were named Laura; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 968. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,997 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Laura ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #179 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lauren (481,395 babies since 1880), Lori (342,764 babies since 1880), Laurie (168,442 babies since 1880) and Lora (52,484 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Laurena, Laray and Laurita are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Laurie and Lori.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Estonian, Galician, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Slovene and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Laurena (1,003), Laray (799), Laurita (629), Lauria (327), Larah (222), Larra (215), Laira (166), Lavra (140), Layra (41), Laurah (27), Lawra (6), Laurae (5), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 16 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 31 | #179 | #267 |
| Montana | 5 | #236 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 42 | #262 | #210 |
| Kentucky | 17 | #265 | #356 |
| Florida | 68 | #280 | #313 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #324 | #206 |
| Washington | 22 | #338 | #289 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #341 | — |
| Iowa | 10 | #342 | #289 |
| New York | 49 | #345 | #332 |
| Texas | 99 | #350 | #282 |
| Georgia | 31 | #358 | #359 |
| South Carolina | 14 | #360 | #489 |
| Minnesota | 15 | #365 | #333 |
| New Jersey | 22 | #369 | #379 |
| Utah | 12 | #375 | #385 |
| Wisconsin | 14 | #380 | #411 |
| Tennessee | 20 | #401 | #229 |
| Indiana | 17 | #402 | #393 |
| Arkansas | 8 | #404 | #421 |
| Virginia | 20 | #406 | #382 |
| Ohio | 27 | #423 | #323 |
| Illinois | 25 | #426 | #327 |
| Oregon | 8 | #460 | #306 |
| Alabama | 11 | #461 | #435 |
| North Carolina | 24 | #463 | #366 |
| Missouri | 13 | #463 | #388 |
| California | 73 | #464 | #359 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #515 | #280 |
| Arizona | 12 | #559 | #519 |
| Maryland | 9 | #580 | #301 |
| Kansas | 5 | #637 | #387 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #666 | #345 |
| Colorado | 8 | #672 | #315 |
| Michigan | 11 | #712 | #354 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 805 | #379 | — | — |
| 2024 | 872 | #359 | — | — |
| 2023 | 846 | #362 | — | — |
| 2022 | 874 | #363 | — | — |
| 2021 | 807 | #389 | — | — |
| 2020 | 871 | #356 | — | — |
| 2019 | 951 | #337 | — | — |
| 2018 | 947 | #339 | — | — |
| 2017 | 948 | #340 | — | — |
| 2016 | 968 | #346 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,016 | #320 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,052 | #315 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,029 | #315 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,146 | #279 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,171 | #273 | 5 | #13,523 |
| 2010 | 1,214 | #271 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,414 | #234 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,595 | #215 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,844 | #183 | — | — |
| 2006 | 2,066 | #172 | — | — |
| 2005 | 2,356 | #146 | 6 | #10,922 |
| 2004 | 2,555 | #129 | 13 | #6,009 |
| 2003 | 2,750 | #124 | — | — |
| 2002 | 3,159 | #105 | — | — |
| 2001 | 3,563 | #86 | 9 | #7,260 |
| 2000 | 3,741 | #85 | 10 | #6,631 |
| 1999 | 3,878 | #81 | 8 | #7,565 |
| 1998 | 4,298 | #74 | — | — |
| 1997 | 4,851 | #66 | 7 | #7,777 |
| 1996 | 5,227 | #66 | 12 | #5,067 |
| 1995 | 6,008 | #56 | 12 | #4,989 |
| 1994 | 6,860 | #46 | 28 | #2,659 |
| 1993 | 7,262 | #43 | 24 | #2,910 |
| 1992 | 8,311 | #38 | 26 | #2,715 |
| 1991 | 9,644 | #35 | 31 | #2,323 |
| 1990 | 10,914 | #29 | 44 | #1,797 |
| 1989 | 11,740 | #25 | 66 | #1,354 |
| 1988 | 12,126 | #23 | 58 | #1,367 |
| 1987 | 13,033 | #22 | 56 | #1,329 |
| 1986 | 14,172 | #20 | 57 | #1,293 |
| 1985 | 16,002 | #14 | 66 | #1,155 |
| 1984 | 14,818 | #19 | 63 | #1,152 |
| 1983 | 13,199 | #23 | 60 | #1,174 |
| 1982 | 13,310 | #22 | 63 | #1,160 |
| 1981 | 13,292 | #21 | 55 | #1,242 |
| 1980 | 12,916 | #21 | 55 | #1,252 |
| 1979 | 11,880 | #20 | 58 | #1,198 |
| 1978 | 11,240 | #19 | 37 | #1,555 |
| 1977 | 11,318 | #20 | 35 | #1,593 |
| 1976 | 11,252 | #20 | 46 | #1,308 |
| 1975 | 10,311 | #20 | 31 | #1,647 |
| 1974 | 9,716 | #21 | 42 | #1,325 |
| 1973 | 10,344 | #19 | 44 | #1,245 |
| 1972 | 11,778 | #17 | 41 | #1,320 |
| 1971 | 13,875 | #16 | 67 | #993 |
| 1970 | 16,490 | #13 | 53 | #1,139 |
| 1969 | 17,922 | #10 | 55 | #1,044 |
| 1968 | 18,741 | #11 | 57 | #979 |
| 1967 | 15,819 | #15 | 41 | #1,170 |
| 1966 | 15,553 | #19 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1965 | 16,218 | #17 | 47 | #1,086 |
| 1964 | 18,967 | #14 | 41 | #1,210 |
| 1963 | 18,514 | #16 | 66 | #926 |
| 1962 | 17,490 | #21 | 42 | #1,207 |
| 1961 | 17,901 | #21 | 34 | #1,378 |
| 1960 | 17,060 | #25 | 33 | #1,389 |
| 1959 | 14,528 | #30 | 33 | #1,373 |
| 1958 | 13,513 | #29 | 23 | #1,664 |
| 1957 | 12,181 | #31 | 25 | #1,612 |
| 1956 | 10,570 | #34 | 21 | #1,749 |
| 1955 | 9,008 | #41 | 18 | #1,884 |
| 1954 | 8,719 | #45 | 23 | #1,614 |
| 1953 | 7,628 | #51 | 22 | #1,657 |
| 1952 | 7,188 | #53 | 18 | #1,832 |
| 1951 | 6,466 | #60 | 13 | #2,199 |
| 1950 | 5,725 | #63 | 21 | #1,635 |
| 1949 | 5,384 | #65 | — | — |
| 1948 | 4,901 | #73 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 1947 | 5,051 | #74 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1946 | 4,478 | #75 | 17 | #1,790 |
| 1945 | 3,589 | #77 | 6 | #3,173 |
| 1944 | 2,244 | #119 | 7 | #2,999 |
| 1943 | 2,391 | #117 | 12 | #2,235 |
| 1942 | 2,409 | #115 | 12 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 2,274 | #115 | 11 | #2,273 |
| 1940 | 2,350 | #108 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1939 | 2,376 | #107 | 11 | #2,237 |
| 1938 | 2,442 | #108 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1937 | 2,363 | #105 | 19 | #1,606 |
| 1936 | 2,255 | #106 | 14 | #1,934 |
| 1935 | 2,358 | #101 | 20 | #1,567 |
| 1934 | 2,438 | #96 | 11 | #2,340 |
| 1933 | 2,536 | #91 | 11 | #2,300 |
| 1932 | 2,748 | #88 | 24 | #1,446 |
| 1931 | 2,669 | #89 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1930 | 2,908 | #89 | 15 | #2,021 |
| 1929 | 2,936 | #90 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1928 | 3,146 | #83 | 13 | #2,333 |
| 1927 | 3,338 | #82 | 19 | #1,845 |
| 1926 | 3,373 | #81 | 20 | #1,760 |
| 1925 | 3,588 | #75 | 12 | #2,518 |
| 1924 | 3,829 | #72 | 15 | #2,173 |
| 1923 | 3,710 | #73 | 13 | #2,395 |
| 1922 | 3,902 | #68 | 20 | #1,796 |
| 1921 | 3,998 | #71 | 19 | #1,869 |
| 1920 | 4,171 | #63 | 8 | #3,369 |
| 1919 | 3,663 | #71 | 16 | #2,024 |
| 1918 | 4,062 | #64 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1917 | 3,807 | #65 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1916 | 3,744 | #64 | 9 | #2,835 |
| 1915 | 3,723 | #61 | 5 | #4,131 |
| 1914 | 3,059 | #59 | 10 | #2,198 |
| 1913 | 2,454 | #62 | 7 | #2,391 |
| 1912 | 2,413 | #57 | 9 | #1,824 |
| 1911 | 1,790 | #57 | 7 | #1,474 |
| 1910 | 1,834 | #53 | 6 | #1,512 |
| 1909 | 1,524 | #55 | — | — |
| 1908 | 1,558 | #52 | 7 | #1,167 |
| 1907 | 1,621 | #51 | 6 | #1,273 |
| 1906 | 1,467 | #52 | 7 | #1,066 |
| 1905 | 1,566 | #49 | 8 | #969 |
| 1904 | 1,508 | #47 | 5 | #1,311 |
| 1903 | 1,503 | #43 | — | — |
| 1902 | 1,559 | #43 | 6 | #1,087 |
| 1901 | 1,402 | #44 | — | — |
| 1900 | 1,824 | #45 | 7 | #1,115 |
| 1899 | 1,472 | #43 | — | — |
| 1898 | 1,768 | #38 | 14 | #592 |
| 1897 | 1,585 | #39 | 7 | #895 |
| 1896 | 1,665 | #37 | — | — |
| 1895 | 1,643 | #36 | 5 | #1,174 |
| 1894 | 1,730 | #32 | — | — |
| 1893 | 1,683 | #31 | 7 | #877 |
| 1892 | 1,744 | #29 | 5 | #1,168 |
| 1891 | 1,509 | #30 | 6 | #910 |
| 1890 | 1,634 | #27 | 9 | #707 |
| 1889 | 1,567 | #25 | — | — |
| 1888 | 1,624 | #25 | 11 | #628 |
| 1887 | 1,364 | #22 | 6 | #878 |
| 1886 | 1,372 | #22 | 5 | #1,044 |
| 1885 | 1,325 | #21 | — | — |
| 1884 | 1,246 | #21 | — | — |
| 1883 | 1,183 | #19 | — | — |
| 1882 | 1,151 | #17 | 5 | #1,022 |
| 1881 | 962 | #19 | — | — |
| 1880 | 1,012 | #17 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).