Girls' name · since 1921
Laurelle
431 babies named Laurelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,930 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,093 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 431
- born since 1921
- 1980s
- peak decade
431 babies have been named Laurelle since 1921, making it today's #15093 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Laurelle recorded 431 times among girls since 1921, holding rank #15093 nationally today, ahead of 13% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 2025.
- #12,930 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,093 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 431 born since 1921
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laurelle ranks #12,930 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,093 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 431 born since 1921, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,930 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,093 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 431
- born since 1921
- 1980s
- peak decade
Laurelle's 431 recorded births place it above 82.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Laurelle compares
431 Top 48% higher than 52% of 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
Laurelle's all-time total is 15% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Laurelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 431 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Laurelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Laurelle's full recorded timeline at 1988, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1924, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Laurelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Laurelle by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (63 births, 15% of the file).
1980s was Laurelle's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Laurelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 20
1920s
20 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s
1950s
42 births
- 1960s
1960s
39 births
- 1970s
1970s
33 births
- 1980s
1980s
63 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 63 births (15% of all-time use).
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What to do with Laurelle's data
- Laurelle's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (63 total births) through the 2020s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laurelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~104 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, 1921–2025 (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 Laurelle 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.