Girls' name · since 1946
Laurian
Since 1946, U.S. Social Security records show 80 babies named Laurian, peaking in 1957. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,626 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
80 girls have been named Laurian since 1946, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Laurian has 80 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1981.
- #29,626 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1946
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laurian ranks #29,626 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1946, peaking in the 1950s.
- #29,626 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Laurian's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laurian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Laurian splits its recorded history at 1956: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Laurian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1981
- Peak year (1957)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Laurian by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (37 births, 46% of the file).
1950s was Laurian's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Laurian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
17 births
- 1950s
1950s
37 births
- 1960s
1960s
20 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 37 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Laurian's data
- Laurian's decade-level peak was the 1950s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- 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 Laurian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1946–1981 (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 Laurian 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.