Girls' name · since 1938
Laurelee
58 babies named Laurelee in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1938. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,288 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1938
- 1940s
- peak decade
58 girls have been named Laurelee since 1938, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Laurelee has 58 recorded births among girls since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1967.
- #33,288 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 1938
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laurelee ranks #33,288 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1938, peaking in the 1940s.
- #33,288 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1938
- 1940s
- peak decade
Laurelee's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laurelee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Laurelee's SSA record in two at 1948 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1946, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1938 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Laurelee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1967
- Peak year (1938)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Laurelee by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (30 births, 52% of the file).
1940s was Laurelee's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Laurelee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
- 1940s
1940s
30 births
- 1950s
1950s
15 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 30 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Laurelee's decade-level peak was the 1940s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laurelee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1938)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1938–1967 (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 Laurelee 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.