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Laurel: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 372 in 2025. Its best rank was #241 in 1956.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #241 in 1956; #734 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Laurel in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#734 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1956, at #241.
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Laurel: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 372 girls in 2025. Peak: #241 in 1956 · most girls in one year: 1,181 (1956).
In 2025, 372 US girls were named Laurel, making it the 734th most common girls’ name of the year, down 5 places from #729 in 2024. That is 15 fewer than the 387 girls named Laurel in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #241, reached in 1956. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,181. For comparison, it was #768 in 2015 and #282 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Laurel in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 12 babies. In all, 48,973 US babies have been given the name, 96% of them girls and 3.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 9,603 babies named Laurel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,283 US girls were named Laurel; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 504. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,321 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Laurel ranked highest in New Hampshire in 2025, at #255 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Laural, Defne and Laurelle are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Laurie.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Laural (1,058), Defne (659), Laurelle (431), Laurell (391), Larell (383), Lauriel (201), Lauryl (186), Larrell (103), Laureline (24), Lariel (16), Laurale (10).
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 23 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 5 | #255 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 36 | #308 | #618 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | #407 | #809 |
| Alabama | 11 | #462 | #662 |
| Tennessee | 17 | #466 | #531 |
| North Carolina | 23 | #479 | #866 |
| Mississippi | 6 | #485 | — |
| Oregon | 7 | #521 | #403 |
| Colorado | 10 | #566 | #664 |
| Virginia | 13 | #593 | #540 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | #661 | #905 |
| Michigan | 12 | #664 | — |
| Indiana | 9 | #691 | #822 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #706 | #390 |
| Georgia | 14 | #730 | #502 |
| Utah | 5 | #771 | #796 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #786 | — |
| Maryland | 6 | #794 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #854 | #971 |
| Texas | 32 | #908 | #817 |
| Ohio | 10 | #927 | #1,026 |
| Washington | 6 | #989 | #479 |
| California | 28 | #989 | #1,160 |
| Missouri | 5 | #1,021 | #713 |
| New York | 13 | #1,124 | #989 |
| Arizona | 5 | #1,156 | — |
| Florida | 11 | #1,293 | #889 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,337 | #1,122 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 372 | #734 | — | — |
| 2024 | 387 | #729 | — | — |
| 2023 | 394 | #716 | — | — |
| 2022 | 415 | #711 | 6 | #11,711 |
| 2021 | 465 | #638 | — | — |
| 2020 | 415 | #686 | — | — |
| 2019 | 388 | #728 | — | — |
| 2018 | 484 | #622 | — | — |
| 2017 | 504 | #598 | — | — |
| 2016 | 459 | #643 | — | — |
| 2015 | 369 | #768 | — | — |
| 2014 | 340 | #816 | — | — |
| 2013 | 297 | #870 | — | — |
| 2012 | 262 | #970 | — | — |
| 2011 | 282 | #923 | — | — |
| 2010 | 233 | #1,067 | — | — |
| 2009 | 241 | #1,061 | — | — |
| 2008 | 272 | #982 | — | — |
| 2007 | 288 | #939 | — | — |
| 2006 | 316 | #850 | — | — |
| 2005 | 332 | #783 | — | — |
| 2004 | 355 | #740 | — | — |
| 2003 | 404 | #656 | — | — |
| 2002 | 375 | #674 | — | — |
| 2001 | 399 | #628 | — | — |
| 2000 | 463 | #564 | — | — |
| 1999 | 444 | #566 | — | — |
| 1998 | 497 | #509 | — | — |
| 1997 | 474 | #510 | — | — |
| 1996 | 376 | #608 | — | — |
| 1995 | 407 | #567 | — | — |
| 1994 | 488 | #510 | — | — |
| 1993 | 426 | #561 | 9 | #6,033 |
| 1992 | 374 | #609 | 5 | #9,255 |
| 1991 | 432 | #543 | — | — |
| 1990 | 447 | #532 | — | — |
| 1989 | 526 | #461 | — | — |
| 1988 | 493 | #455 | — | — |
| 1987 | 447 | #482 | — | — |
| 1986 | 482 | #449 | 7 | #5,696 |
| 1985 | 561 | #402 | 8 | #4,972 |
| 1984 | 491 | #428 | 6 | #6,032 |
| 1983 | 436 | #464 | 7 | #5,241 |
| 1982 | 507 | #431 | 6 | #6,077 |
| 1981 | 481 | #446 | 12 | #3,527 |
| 1980 | 477 | #449 | 11 | #3,752 |
| 1979 | 431 | #467 | 9 | #4,257 |
| 1978 | 313 | #558 | — | — |
| 1977 | 337 | #537 | 5 | #6,418 |
| 1976 | 330 | #531 | 8 | #4,236 |
| 1975 | 313 | #549 | — | — |
| 1974 | 343 | #507 | 10 | #3,461 |
| 1973 | 416 | #449 | — | — |
| 1972 | 466 | #416 | — | — |
| 1971 | 494 | #424 | 6 | #4,697 |
| 1970 | 622 | #382 | 6 | #4,519 |
| 1969 | 631 | #370 | 11 | #2,789 |
| 1968 | 753 | #317 | 8 | #3,260 |
| 1967 | 506 | #415 | 9 | #2,889 |
| 1966 | 444 | #444 | 11 | #2,558 |
| 1965 | 524 | #405 | 8 | #3,129 |
| 1964 | 544 | #416 | 12 | #2,494 |
| 1963 | 717 | #355 | 8 | #3,208 |
| 1962 | 700 | #358 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1961 | 757 | #345 | 7 | #3,531 |
| 1960 | 790 | #333 | 16 | #2,086 |
| 1959 | 874 | #312 | 9 | #2,956 |
| 1958 | 965 | #287 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1957 | 1,123 | #255 | 9 | #2,926 |
| 1956 | 1,181 | #241 | 16 | #2,053 |
| 1955 | 982 | #276 | 24 | #1,590 |
| 1954 | 879 | #286 | 18 | #1,863 |
| 1953 | 938 | #267 | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1952 | 888 | #269 | 20 | #1,725 |
| 1951 | 851 | #269 | 19 | #1,758 |
| 1950 | 758 | #282 | 16 | #1,920 |
| 1949 | 694 | #293 | 23 | #1,566 |
| 1948 | 687 | #292 | 17 | #1,858 |
| 1947 | 775 | #277 | 30 | #1,351 |
| 1946 | 678 | #283 | 18 | #1,723 |
| 1945 | 530 | #298 | 24 | #1,364 |
| 1944 | 349 | #378 | 23 | #1,420 |
| 1943 | 299 | #425 | 25 | #1,421 |
| 1942 | 294 | #418 | 39 | #1,102 |
| 1941 | 297 | #400 | 21 | #1,508 |
| 1940 | 287 | #406 | 35 | #1,117 |
| 1939 | 352 | #339 | 28 | #1,256 |
| 1938 | 281 | #398 | 26 | #1,324 |
| 1937 | 127 | #597 | 29 | #1,252 |
| 1936 | 80 | #753 | 37 | #1,061 |
| 1935 | 102 | #650 | 30 | #1,239 |
| 1934 | 96 | #684 | 47 | #926 |
| 1933 | 102 | #652 | 37 | #1,086 |
| 1932 | 119 | #604 | 49 | #933 |
| 1931 | 127 | #588 | 34 | #1,184 |
| 1930 | 139 | #581 | 33 | #1,245 |
| 1929 | 146 | #568 | 42 | #1,067 |
| 1928 | 165 | #541 | 38 | #1,155 |
| 1927 | 223 | #467 | 66 | #824 |
| 1926 | 169 | #537 | 69 | #789 |
| 1925 | 135 | #632 | 39 | #1,135 |
| 1924 | 177 | #546 | 48 | #1,027 |
| 1923 | 202 | #486 | 55 | #926 |
| 1922 | 89 | #774 | 54 | #955 |
| 1921 | 63 | #939 | 55 | #951 |
| 1920 | 68 | #883 | 55 | #935 |
| 1919 | 53 | #991 | 29 | #1,336 |
| 1918 | 65 | #889 | 44 | #1,024 |
| 1917 | 55 | #939 | 44 | #992 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,178 | 31 | #1,190 |
| 1915 | 41 | #1,047 | 40 | #1,007 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,050 | 36 | #923 |
| 1913 | 30 | #991 | 22 | #1,094 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,094 | 23 | #956 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,091 | 11 | #1,086 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,384 | 6 | #1,513 |
| 1909 | 18 | #981 | — | — |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,027 | 7 | #1,168 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,573 | — | — |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,642 | — | — |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,481 | 6 | #1,172 |
| 1904 | 16 | #924 | 9 | #849 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,079 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,173 | 6 | #1,088 |
| 1901 | 15 | #869 | — | — |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,272 | — | — |
| 1899 | 11 | #1,007 | — | — |
| 1898 | 14 | #943 | 5 | #1,227 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,122 | — | — |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,496 | 6 | #1,053 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,719 | 5 | #1,175 |
| 1894 | 16 | #768 | — | — |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,052 | — | — |
| 1892 | 11 | #940 | — | — |
| 1891 | 10 | #924 | — | — |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,153 | — | — |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,209 | 5 | #1,043 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,093 | 5 | #1,000 |
| 1886 | 7 | #947 | — | — |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,122 | — | — |
| 1884 | 6 | #977 | — | — |
| 1883 | 12 | #571 | — | — |
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).