Lauralei — #15769 US girls' name
121 babies named Lauralei in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Lauralei was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Lauralei in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lauralei
The Social Security Administration has registered 121 babies named Lauralei between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lauralei currently holds the #15769 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lauralei performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lauralei shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lauralei 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 121 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.
Lauralei at a glance
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Current rank
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Lauralei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1980
- Peak year (2010)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
Currently ranks #15769 among girls.
121 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 9 births in a single year.
Lauralei by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 46 births that decade — 38% of Lauralei's all-time total
Lauralei decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lauralei's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.