Laura Name Popularity

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How popular is Laura?

Ranking 340th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Laura is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 500, this name has been part of the top 500 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #10 in 1969.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1964 with 18,974 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Laura in any given year was 935 in 2018.

Approximately during the years 1881-1888, 1909-1915, 1942-1964, and 1974-1985, the name Laura took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1969-1974, and 1985-2013.

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Laura be?

Laura's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Laura has remained about the same.

The name Laura is chosen by a number of parents and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Laura is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Laura (Girl)		Laura (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		935	340	< 5	--
2017		948	339	< 5	--
2016		964	346	< 5	--
2015		1,008	322	< 5	--
2014		1,049	316	< 5	--
2013		1,021	318	< 5	--
2012		1,143	279	< 5	--
2011		1,169	273	5	13,509
2010		1,208	274	< 5	--
2009		1,408	234	< 5	--
2008		1,591	215	< 5	--
2007		1,840	183	< 5	--
2006		2,061	172	< 5	--
2005		2,350	147	6	10,918
2004		2,553	129	13	6,007
2003		2,742	124	< 5	--
2002		3,144	106	< 5	--
2001		3,556	86	9	7,255
2000		3,734	85	10	6,628
1999		3,873	81	8	7,561
1998		4,295	74	< 5	--
1997		4,849	66	7	7,776
1996		5,227	66	12	5,066
1995		6,007	56	12	4,987
1994		6,858	46	28	2,657
1993		7,257	43	24	2,909
1992		8,309	38	26	2,715
1991		9,645	35	31	2,321
1990		10,911	29	44	1,796
1989		11,740	25	66	1,353
1988		12,118	23	58	1,367
1987		13,032	22	56	1,331
1986		14,175	20	57	1,293
1985		16,002	14	66	1,155
1984		14,815	19	63	1,150
1983		13,196	23	60	1,175
1982		13,308	22	63	1,160
1981		13,291	21	55	1,241
1980		12,917	21	55	1,252
1979		11,885	20	58	1,198
1978		11,244	19	37	1,556
1977		11,320	20	35	1,593
1976		11,253	20	46	1,309
1975		10,310	20	31	1,646
1974		9,718	21	42	1,326
1973		10,339	19	44	1,246
1972		11,772	17	41	1,321
1971		13,876	16	67	993
1970		16,493	13	53	1,139
1969		17,920	10	55	1,046
1968		18,743	11	57	981
1967		15,817	15	41	1,170
1966		15,549	19	33	1,331
1965		16,213	18	47	1,087
1964		18,974	14	41	1,209
1963		18,507	16	66	927
1962		17,493	21	42	1,207
1961		17,896	21	33	1,395
1960		17,061	24	34	1,373
1959		14,529	30	33	1,371
1958		13,506	29	23	1,664
1957		12,176	31	25	1,613
1956		10,571	34	21	1,749
1955		9,005	41	18	1,883
1954		8,717	45	23	1,612
1953		7,632	51	22	1,657
1952		7,187	53	18	1,835
1951		6,466	60	13	2,198
1950		5,723	63	21	1,635
1949		5,384	65	< 5	--
1948		4,901	73	15	1,988
1947		5,051	74	12	2,315
1946		4,478	75	17	1,788
1945		3,589	77	6	3,170
1944		2,243	119	7	2,998
1943		2,391	117	12	2,233
1942		2,409	115	12	2,213
1941		2,274	115	11	2,275
1940		2,350	108	13	2,041
1939		2,374	107	11	2,237
1938		2,443	108	8	2,771
1937		2,362	105	19	1,606
1936		2,255	106	14	1,932
1935		2,358	101	20	1,567
1934		2,436	96	11	2,337
1933		2,536	91	11	2,298
1932		2,749	88	24	1,447
1931		2,670	89	14	2,054
1930		2,908	89	15	2,022
1929		2,934	90	11	2,523
1928		3,146	83	13	2,332
1927		3,339	81	19	1,844
1926		3,376	81	20	1,759
1925		3,588	75	12	2,518
1924		3,827	72	15	2,173
1923		3,711	73	13	2,395
1922		3,902	68	20	1,795
1921		3,998	71	19	1,868
1920		4,171	63	8	3,369
1919		3,663	71	16	2,024
1918		4,062	64	13	2,335
1917		3,808	64	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	< 5	--
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		1,504	43	< 5	--
1902		1,559	43	6	1,087
1901		1,402	44	< 5	--
1900		1,824	45	7	1,115
1899		1,472	43	< 5	--
1898		1,768	38	14	592
1897		1,585	39	7	895
1896		1,665	37	< 5	--
1895		1,643	36	5	1,174
1894		1,730	32	< 5	--
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	< 5	--
1888		1,624	25	11	628
1887		1,364	22	6	878
1886		1,372	22	5	1,044
1885		1,325	21	< 5	--
1884		1,246	21	< 5	--
1883		1,183	19	< 5	--
1882		1,151	17	5	1,022
1881		962	19	< 5	--
1880		1,012	17	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.