Laurel — #727 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Laurel

The Social Security Administration has registered 46,739 babies named Laurel between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laurel currently holds the #727 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 1,181 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Laurel performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 9,439 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Laurel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5,613 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Laurel in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Laurel 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 46,739 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.