Girls' name · since 1917
Lauralee
2,257 babies named Lauralee in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,031 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,257
- born since 1917
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lauralee is the #12031 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,257 recorded since 1917.
Lauralee has 2,257 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12031 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, 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 1917 to 2025.
- #4,350 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,031 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,257 born since 1917
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lauralee ranks #4,350 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,031 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,257 born since 1917, peaking in the 1960s.
- #4,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,031 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,257
- born since 1917
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lauralee's 2,257 recorded births place it above 93.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lauralee compares
2,257 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lauralee's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lauralee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,257 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 51 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lauralee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lauralee's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1927, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 51, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lauralee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1974)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Lauralee by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (391 births, 17% of the file).
1960s was Lauralee's strongest decade.
391 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Lauralee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 13
1910s
13 births
- 1920s 54
1920s
54 births
- 1930s
1930s
158 births
- 1940s
1940s
296 births
- 1950s
1950s
266 births
- 1960s
1960s
391 births
- 1970s
1970s
350 births
- 1980s
1980s
292 births
- 1990s
1990s
184 births
- 2000s 120
2000s
120 births
- 2010s 92
2010s
92 births
- 2020s 41
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 391 births (17% of all-time use).
How Lauralee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lauralee's total volume
Lauralee by state
Where Lauralee concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 102 | 4.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 64 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 24 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 19 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Utah | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.3% |
102 of 2,257 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Lauralee's data
- Lauralee's decade-level peak was the 1960s (391 total births); usage has since declined to 41 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Lauralees (102 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lauralee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Lauralee 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.