Girls' name · since 1978
Laurelin
143 babies named Laurelin in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,284 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,503 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
143 babies have been named Laurelin since 1978, making it today's #8503 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Laurelin recorded 143 times among girls since 1978, holding rank #8503 nationally today, ahead of 51% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #23,284 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,503 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 143 born since 1978
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laurelin ranks #23,284 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,503 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 143 born since 1978, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,284 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,503 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Laurelin's 143 recorded births place it above 67.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Laurelin compares
143 31st percentile among 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
Laurelin's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Laurelin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 143 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Laurelin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Laurelin's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Laurelin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Laurelin by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (56 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Laurelin's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Laurelin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 56 births (39% of all-time use).
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Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Laurelin 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.