Laurita — girls' name
629 babies named Laurita in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Laurita was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Laurita in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laurita
The Social Security Administration has registered 629 babies named Laurita between 1915 and 1992, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laurita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laurita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Laurita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Laurita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laurita 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 629 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.
Laurita at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laurita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1915
- Peak year (1954)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
629 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 26 births in a single year.
Laurita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 176 births that decade — 28% of Laurita's all-time total
Laurita decade highlights
- Peak decade 176 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Laurita's strongest decade
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Laurita by state
Where Laurita concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 629 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1915–1992 (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.