Laurie Girl
How popular is Laurie?
#2,822 girl name in 2025
60 baby girls were named Laurie in the US in 2025, making it the 2822nd most popular girl name.
Laurie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,822 for girls (▲ 225 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 60 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,524 in 2015, #3,450 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1962 (10,675 girls) |
| Highest rank | #37 in 1960 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Laurie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Laurie family of names ranked #1,865 for girls in 2025 (#2,123 the year before), with 75 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Laurie | 60 | 80% |
| Laury | 8 | 11% |
| Lauri | 7 | 9% |
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 Laurie is most popular
Babies named Laurie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (9 girls)
Laurie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 50 | #788 |
| 1890s | 76 | #796 |
| 1900s | 97 | #970 |
| 1910s | 296 | #1,030 |
| 1920s | 449 | #1,023 |
| 1930s | 734 | #574 |
| 1940s | 5,222 | #224 |
| 1950s | 46,964 | #56 |
| 1960s | 74,451 | #37 |
| 1970s | 26,101 | #88 |
| 1980s | 8,326 | #195 |
| 1990s | 2,026 | #648 |
| 2000s | 844 | #1,755 |
| 2010s | 555 | #2,524 |
| 2020s | 297 | #2,822 |
Girl names about as popular as Laurie
Questions
- Is Laurie a boy or girl name?
- Laurie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Laurie were girls.
- How popular is the name Laurie?
- 60 baby girls were named Laurie in the US in 2025, making it the 2822nd most popular girl name.
- When was Laurie most popular?
- Laurie peaked in 1962, when 10,675 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #37 in 1960.
- How many people are named Laurie?
- 168,442 babies have been named Laurie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 145,855 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 63.
- Where is Laurie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Laurie was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.1 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.