Laurie
Laurie was given to 60 girls in 2025, #2,842 among girls’ names; 168,442 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 143,000 Americans named Laurie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 56 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Laurie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Laurie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Laurie is “a diminutive of the female given name Laura; popular as a female given name in the US in the mid-twentieth century.” Its etymology gives the sense “laurel” (laurus).
Also “a diminutive of the male given names Laurence and Lawrence; alternative form of Lawrie; a pet form of the male given name Laurence or Lawrence.”
The given names are clippings of Laurence, Lawrence, Laura, or Lauren + -ie, all ultimately from Latin laurus (“laurel”). The surname is from the diminutive of Lawrence. The city in Missouri was named by its residents in 1961 after L. M. and William (Buster) Laurie, who in 1937 bought a building in the area and operated the Laurie Market, because of the goodwill generated by the family store over the years.
/ˈlɒ.ri/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Laurie?
#2,842 among girls’ names, 2025
Laurie fell from #2,539 in 2015 to #2,842 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 39.8 to 37.3 per million.
10,706 babies in 1962, the peak
Laurie peaked in 1962, when 10,706 babies were given it (10,675 girls, #42 among girls’ names). The 60 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,842 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 53 | #3,066 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,950 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,194 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,189 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,474 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,254 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,948 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,996 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,359 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (142)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 71 | #2,539 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,028 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,618 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,825 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,333 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,822 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 57 | #3,025 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 80 | #2,406 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,666 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 91 | #2,140 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 97 | #1,976 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,298 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 89 | #2,024 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,995 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 98 | #1,810 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 99 | #1,766 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 118 | #1,468 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 137 | #1,300 | 0.08 |
| 1997 | 146 | #1,226 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 135 | #1,281 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 166 | #1,074 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 196 | #948 | 0.11 |
| 1993 | 200 | #946 | 0.11 |
| 1992 | 269 | #768 | 0.15 |
| 1991 | 314 | #684 | 0.17 |
| 1990 | 345 | #648 | 0.18 |
| 1989 | 448 | #521 | 0.24 |
| 1988 | 476 | #478 | 0.27 |
| 1987 | 519 | #431 | 0.30 |
| 1986 | 591 | #391 | 0.34 |
| 1985 | 779 | #311 | 0.45 |
| 1984 | 817 | #291 | 0.49 |
| 1983 | 952 | #247 | 0.57 |
| 1982 | 1,185 | #220 | 0.70 |
| 1981 | 1,224 | #215 | 0.73 |
| 1980 | 1,335 | #195 | 0.80 |
| 1979 | 1,581 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1978 | 1,613 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1977 | 1,765 | #153 | 1.2 |
| 1976 | 2,038 | #137 | 1.4 |
| 1975 | 2,284 | #125 | 1.6 |
| 1974 | 2,555 | #116 | 1.7 |
| 1973 | 2,897 | #106 | 2.0 |
| 1972 | 3,227 | #98 | 2.1 |
| 1971 | 3,749 | #96 | 2.3 |
| 1970 | 4,392 | #88 | 2.5 |
| 1969 | 4,627 | #79 | 2.7 |
| 1968 | 4,342 | #79 | 2.6 |
| 1967 | 4,921 | #72 | 3.0 |
| 1966 | 5,667 | #63 | 3.3 |
| 1965 | 6,533 | #60 | 3.7 |
| 1964 | 7,832 | #59 | 4.1 |
| 1963 | 9,276 | #47 | 4.8 |
| 1962 | 10,675 | #42 | 5.4 |
| 1961 | 10,435 | #43 | 5.2 |
| 1960 | 10,143 | #37 | 5.0 |
| 1959 | 7,535 | #56 | 3.7 |
| 1958 | 6,734 | #70 | 3.3 |
| 1957 | 6,543 | #73 | 3.2 |
| 1956 | 6,207 | #76 | 3.1 |
| 1955 | 4,954 | #91 | 2.5 |
| 1954 | 4,290 | #98 | 2.2 |
| 1953 | 3,686 | #103 | 2.0 |
| 1952 | 3,271 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1951 | 2,353 | #139 | 1.3 |
| 1950 | 1,391 | #194 | 0.81 |
| 1949 | 1,103 | #224 | 0.64 |
| 1948 | 805 | #272 | 0.47 |
| 1947 | 789 | #273 | 0.45 |
| 1946 | 769 | #261 | 0.49 |
| 1945 | 592 | #285 | 0.45 |
| 1944 | 361 | #370 | 0.27 |
| 1943 | 258 | #459 | 0.18 |
| 1942 | 232 | #486 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 178 | #521 | 0.15 |
| 1940 | 135 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1939 | 137 | #574 | 0.12 |
| 1938 | 99 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 82 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 75 | #781 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 68 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 71 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 52 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 44 | #1,064 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 65 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 50 | #1,037 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 48 | #1,091 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 56 | #1,031 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 36 | #1,331 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 34 | #1,421 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,137 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,148 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,159 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 49 | #1,066 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,384 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 47 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 43 | #1,088 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 41 | #1,106 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,162 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,203 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,574 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,267 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,044 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,333 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 17 | #987 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,176 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,194 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,813 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,024 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,507 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,267 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,571 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,237 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,828 | 0.02 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,325 | 0.03 |
| 1896 | 12 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 12 | #959 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,594 | 0.02 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,242 | 0.03 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,130 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 12 | #822 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 8 | #991 | 0.04 |
| 1888 | 8 | #996 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 9 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 7 | #948 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1884 | 8 | #818 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 5 | #976 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Laurie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 168,442 Americans recorded as Laurie, 99% are girls and 1% boys. In 2025 it went to 60 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Laurie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Laurie, and how old are they?
143,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 168,442 Americans ever recorded as Laurie. The median Laurie alive today is 63 years old; half are between 56 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 144,345 people named Laurie (143,615 women and girls, 730 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 149,500 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,220 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 81,500 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 49,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 8,360 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,380 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 696 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Laurie born?
The states with the most babies named Laurie are New York, California and Michigan, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 19,952 | #1,753 | 1.4× |
| California | 17,105 | #2,199 | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 9,789 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Massachusetts | 8,515 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 8,221 | #1,518 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 8,107 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 7,103 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 6,912 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Wisconsin | 6,479 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Minnesota | 5,649 | not ranked | 1.6× |
Where Laurie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Laurie is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Laurie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,359,573 babies since 1880, Laurie is the third most given (12% of them). In 2025 it was given to 60 of their 1,017 babies (5.9%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Laurie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Laurie and names like it
- Compare Laurie and LauraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sLaurie peaked in 1962.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Laurie since 1910.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Laurie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Laurie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.