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Thanks To The Use Of Laurel By Olympic Athletes And Roman Emperors, It Is Associated To Victory.
Laura Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
0.32%
Male
99.68%
Female
Laura is predominantly a girls name, with 99.68% of Lauras being girls, and 0.32% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 2579 males named Laura, and 797526 females given the name
Popularity of Laura by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Laura in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Laura: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Laura' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name Laura in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. Laura's average ranking is 473.8, with it's highest ever rank being #. Laura has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 118 times.
Laura has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 800105 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Laura gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1968, when it's usage went up by 118.98%. During this year, 18745 babies were named Laura, which was 0.563% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.574%, in this year alone more than 19000 girls were named Laura.
Popular 'L' Names - Girls
Girls names starting with 'L'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with L. These girls names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'L' names, their over all rank among all girl names, the total number of baby girls expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of girls given this name.
| Name | 'L-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lily | 1. | 80. | 6558 | 0.181% |
| Lillian | 2. | 86. | 6333 | 0.175% |
| Layla | 3. | 89. | 6234 | 0.172% |
| Leah | 4. | 108. | 5380 | 0.149% |
| Lucy | 5. | 141. | 4568 | 0.126% |
| Luna | 6. | 183. | 3645 | 0.101% |
| Lydia | 7. | 188. | 3590 | 0.099% |
| Liliana | 8. | 276. | 2624 | 0.073% |
| London | 9. | 301. | 2339 | 0.065% |
| Lauren | 10. | 304. | 2311 | 0.064% |
| Lyla | 11. | 317. | 2209 | 0.061% |
| Lilly | 12. | 325. | 2132 | 0.059% |
| Leilani | 13. | 362. | 1959 | 0.054% |
| Laila | 14. | 368. | 1937 | 0.054% |
| Londyn | 15. | 393. | 1811 | 0.05% |
| Lila | 16. | 451. | 1549 | 0.043% |
| Lucia | 17. | 457. | 1511 | 0.042% |
| Leila | 18. | 488. | 1383 | 0.038% |
| Lola | 19. | 497. | 1372 | 0.038% |
| Lena | 20. | 585. | 1134 | 0.031% |