How Many People Are Named Laurel?
people named Laurel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,680 people in the US has this name
Based on 48,973 babies named Laurel in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,197 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the laurel tree, ultimately from Latin laurus.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Laurel in English. Counting Laurel and these spellings together, about 39,751 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Laurel, 98.8% were girls and 1.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Laurel rose from 86% in the 1890s to 99.8% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1910s, at 56.1%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Laurel alive today is about 46 years old, and 38% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 26 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Laurel first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1956, to 1,197 babies. In 2025, 372 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Laurel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #241, in 1956. In 2025 it ranked #734.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #734 |
| Best rank | #241 (1956) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #283 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Laurel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Laurel were born in California than in any other state: about 4,778 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Laurel was given 2.6 times as often in North Dakota, 2.3 times in Washington and 2.2 times in Minnesota.
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