Laural — girls' name

What the Data Says About Laural

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,058 babies named Laural between 1918 and 2012, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laural currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Laural performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 253 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Laural shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Laural in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Laural in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,058 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.