Laurelei — girls' name
66 babies named Laurelei in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
66 girls have been named Laurelei since 2004, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2022.
- 66
- total births
- 2004–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Laurelei was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Laurelei in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laurelei
The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Laurelei between 2004 and 2022, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laurelei currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laurelei performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Laurelei shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laurelei 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 66 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.
Laurelei at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laurelei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2004
- Peak year (2015)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
66 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 9 births in a single year.
Laurelei by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 36 births that decade — 55% of Laurelei's all-time total
Laurelei decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Laurelei's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 2004–2022 (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.