Laurene — #15308 US girls' name
4,158 babies named Laurene in U.S. Social Security records since 1894, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Laurene was born in this single decade.
137 babies were named Laurene in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laurene
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,158 babies named Laurene between 1894 and 2024, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laurene currently holds the #15308 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 137 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laurene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,041 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Laurene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 318 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Laurene in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laurene 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 4,158 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.
Laurene at a glance
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Current rank
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Laurene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1894
- Peak year (1954)
- 137
- Annual births at peak — across 131 years of records
Currently ranks #15308 among girls.
4,158 total births across 131 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 137 births in a single year.
Laurene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 1,041 births that decade — 25% of Laurene's all-time total
Laurene decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,041 births
- Runner-up 765 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Laurene's strongest decade
1,041 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Laurene by state
Where Laurene concentrates geographically — total births since 1894
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 318 | 7.6% |
| #2 | California | | 289 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 197 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 149 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 146 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 123 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 119 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Connecticut | | 56 | 1.3% |
318 of 4,158 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.6% of nationwide
- California 7.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Laurene appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1894–2024 (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.