Laurel Girl
How popular is Laurel?
#734 girl name in 2025
372 baby girls were named Laurel in the US in 2025, making it the 734th most popular girl name.
Laurel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #734 for girls (▼ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 372 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+1% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #768 in 2015, #685 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1956 (1,181 girls) |
| Highest rank | #241 in 1956 |
| First recorded | 1883 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Laurel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Laurel family of names ranked #701 for girls in 2025 (#680 the year before), with 377 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Laurel | 372 | 99% |
| Laurelle | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Laurel is most popular
Babies named Laurel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 1.0 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.7 per 1,000 (166 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.7 per 1,000 (104 girls)
- Alabama: 0.5 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.5 per 1,000 (45 girls)
Laurel by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | #561 |
| 1890s | 98 | #744 |
| 1900s | 108 | #857 |
| 1910s | 366 | #885 |
| 1920s | 1,437 | #466 |
| 1930s | 1,525 | #339 |
| 1940s | 4,890 | #277 |
| 1950s | 9,439 | #241 |
| 1960s | 6,366 | #317 |
| 1970s | 4,065 | #382 |
| 1980s | 4,901 | #402 |
| 1990s | 4,365 | #507 |
| 2000s | 3,445 | #562 |
| 2010s | 3,618 | #597 |
| 2020s | 2,448 | #637 |
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Questions
- Is Laurel a boy or girl name?
- Laurel is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Laurel were girls.
- How popular is the name Laurel?
- 372 baby girls were named Laurel in the US in 2025, making it the 734th most popular girl name.
- When was Laurel most popular?
- Laurel peaked in 1956, when 1,181 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #241 in 1956.
- How many people are named Laurel?
- 48,973 babies have been named Laurel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 39,808 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 50.
- Where is Laurel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Laurel was most common in West Virginia, at 1.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.