Girls' name · since 1966
Lauralea
Lauralea has 23 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #44,190 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1966
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lauralea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 23 recorded since 1966.
Lauralea has 23 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1982.
- #44,190 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1966
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lauralea ranks #44,190 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1966, peaking in the 1960s.
- #44,190 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1966
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lauralea's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lauralea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lauralea's full recorded timeline at 1971, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lauralea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1982
- Peak year (1982)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Lauralea by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (10 births, 43% of the file).
1960s was Lauralea's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Lauralea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 10 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Lauralea's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 1980s (8) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lauralea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1966–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lauralea draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.