Laura remains a common girls' name (#379 in 2025), down from a peak of #10 in 1969.
Laura is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #379 for girl births in the United States (and #796 across all names), given to 805 babies — 816 including U.S. territories. Laura was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1964 (18,967 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 805 | 816 | #379 | — |
| 2024 | 872 | 872 | #359 | — |
| 2023 | 846 | 852 | #362 | — |
| 2022 | 874 | 880 | #363 | — |
| 2021 | 807 | 815 | #389 | — |
| 2020 | 871 | 877 | #356 | — |
| 2019 | 951 | 956 | #337 | — |
| 2018 | 947 | 957 | #339 | — |
| 2017 | 948 | 948 | #340 | — |
| 2016 | 968 | 977 | #346 | — |
| 2015 | 1,016 | 1,023 | #320 | — |
| 2014 | 1,052 | 1,066 | #315 | — |
| 2013 | 1,029 | 1,049 | #315 | — |
| 2012 | 1,146 | 1,159 | #279 | — |
| 2011 | 1,176 | 1,190 | #273 | #13,523 |
| 2010 | 1,214 | 1,237 | #271 | — |
| 2009 | 1,414 | 1,439 | #234 | — |
| 2008 | 1,595 | 1,621 | #215 | — |
| 2007 | 1,844 | 1,874 | #183 | — |
| 2006 | 2,066 | 2,098 | #172 | — |
| 2005 | 2,362 | 2,399 | #146 | #10,922 |
| 2004 | 2,568 | 2,612 | #129 | #6,009 |
| 2003 | 2,750 | 2,787 | #124 | — |
| 2002 | 3,159 | 3,229 | #105 | — |
| 2001 | 3,572 | 3,651 | #86 | #7,260 |
| 2000 | 3,751 | 3,833 | #85 | #6,631 |
| 1999 | 3,886 | 3,977 | #81 | #7,565 |
| 1998 | 4,298 | 4,406 | #74 | — |
| 1997 | 4,858 | — | #66 | #7,777 |
| 1996 | 5,239 | — | #66 | #5,067 |
| 1995 | 6,020 | — | #56 | #4,989 |
| 1994 | 6,888 | — | #46 | #2,659 |
| 1993 | 7,286 | — | #43 | #2,910 |
| 1992 | 8,337 | — | #38 | #2,715 |
| 1991 | 9,675 | — | #35 | #2,323 |
| 1990 | 10,958 | — | #29 | #1,797 |
| 1989 | 11,806 | — | #25 | #1,354 |
| 1988 | 12,184 | — | #23 | #1,367 |
| 1987 | 13,089 | — | #22 | #1,329 |
| 1986 | 14,229 | — | #20 | #1,293 |
| 1985 | 16,068 | — | #14 | #1,155 |
| 1984 | 14,881 | — | #19 | #1,152 |
| 1983 | 13,259 | — | #23 | #1,174 |
| 1982 | 13,373 | — | #22 | #1,160 |
| 1981 | 13,347 | — | #21 | #1,242 |
| 1980 | 12,971 | — | #21 | #1,252 |
| 1979 | 11,938 | — | #20 | #1,198 |
| 1978 | 11,277 | — | #19 | #1,555 |
| 1977 | 11,353 | — | #20 | #1,593 |
| 1976 | 11,298 | — | #20 | #1,308 |
| 1975 | 10,342 | — | #20 | #1,647 |
| 1974 | 9,758 | — | #21 | #1,325 |
| 1973 | 10,388 | — | #19 | #1,245 |
| 1972 | 11,819 | — | #17 | #1,320 |
| 1971 | 13,942 | — | #16 | #993 |
| 1970 | 16,543 | — | #13 | #1,139 |
| 1969 | 17,977 | — | #10 | #1,044 |
| 1968 | 18,798 | — | #11 | #979 |
| 1967 | 15,860 | — | #15 | #1,170 |
| 1966 | 15,586 | — | #19 | #1,334 |
| 1965 | 16,265 | — | #17 | #1,086 |
| 1964 | 19,008 | — | #14 | #1,210 |
| 1963 | 18,580 | — | #16 | #926 |
| 1962 | 17,532 | — | #21 | #1,207 |
| 1961 | 17,935 | — | #21 | #1,378 |
| 1960 | 17,093 | — | #25 | #1,389 |
| 1959 | 14,561 | — | #30 | #1,373 |
| 1958 | 13,536 | — | #29 | #1,664 |
| 1957 | 12,206 | — | #31 | #1,612 |
| 1956 | 10,591 | — | #34 | #1,749 |
| 1955 | 9,026 | — | #41 | #1,884 |
| 1954 | 8,742 | — | #45 | #1,614 |
| 1953 | 7,650 | — | #51 | #1,657 |
| 1952 | 7,206 | — | #53 | #1,832 |
| 1951 | 6,479 | — | #60 | #2,199 |
| 1950 | 5,746 | — | #63 | #1,635 |
| 1949 | 5,384 | — | #65 | — |
| 1948 | 4,916 | — | #73 | #1,988 |
| 1947 | 5,063 | — | #74 | #2,316 |
| 1946 | 4,495 | — | #75 | #1,790 |
| 1945 | 3,595 | — | #77 | #3,173 |
| 1944 | 2,251 | — | #119 | #2,999 |
| 1943 | 2,403 | — | #117 | #2,235 |
| 1942 | 2,421 | — | #115 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 2,285 | — | #115 | #2,273 |
| 1940 | 2,363 | — | #108 | #2,041 |
| 1939 | 2,387 | — | #107 | #2,237 |
| 1938 | 2,450 | — | #108 | #2,769 |
| 1937 | 2,382 | — | #105 | #1,606 |
| 1936 | 2,269 | — | #106 | #1,934 |
| 1935 | 2,378 | — | #101 | #1,567 |
| 1934 | 2,449 | — | #96 | #2,340 |
| 1933 | 2,547 | — | #91 | #2,300 |
| 1932 | 2,772 | — | #88 | #1,446 |
| 1931 | 2,683 | — | #89 | #2,054 |
| 1930 | 2,923 | — | #89 | #2,021 |
| 1929 | 2,947 | — | #90 | #2,523 |
| 1928 | 3,159 | — | #83 | #2,333 |
| 1927 | 3,357 | — | #82 | #1,845 |
| 1926 | 3,393 | — | #81 | #1,760 |
| 1925 | 3,600 | — | #75 | #2,518 |
| 1924 | 3,844 | — | #72 | #2,173 |
| 1923 | 3,723 | — | #73 | #2,395 |
| 1922 | 3,922 | — | #68 | #1,796 |
| 1921 | 4,017 | — | #71 | #1,869 |
| 1920 | 4,179 | — | #63 | #3,369 |
| 1919 | 3,679 | — | #71 | #2,024 |
| 1918 | 4,075 | — | #64 | #2,335 |
| 1917 | 3,822 | — | #65 | #2,047 |
| 1916 | 3,753 | — | #64 | #2,835 |
| 1915 | 3,728 | — | #61 | #4,131 |
| 1914 | 3,069 | — | #59 | #2,198 |
| 1913 | 2,461 | — | #62 | #2,391 |
| 1912 | 2,422 | — | #57 | #1,824 |
| 1911 | 1,797 | — | #57 | #1,474 |
| 1910 | 1,840 | — | #53 | #1,512 |
| 1909 | 1,524 | — | #55 | — |
| 1908 | 1,565 | — | #52 | #1,167 |
| 1907 | 1,627 | — | #51 | #1,273 |
| 1906 | 1,474 | — | #52 | #1,066 |
| 1905 | 1,574 | — | #49 | #969 |
| 1904 | 1,513 | — | #47 | #1,311 |
| 1903 | 1,503 | — | #43 | — |
| 1902 | 1,565 | — | #43 | #1,087 |
| 1901 | 1,402 | — | #44 | — |
| 1900 | 1,831 | — | #45 | #1,115 |
| 1899 | 1,472 | — | #43 | — |
| 1898 | 1,782 | — | #38 | #592 |
| 1897 | 1,592 | — | #39 | #895 |
| 1896 | 1,665 | — | #37 | — |
| 1895 | 1,648 | — | #36 | #1,174 |
| 1894 | 1,730 | — | #32 | — |
| 1893 | 1,690 | — | #31 | #877 |
| 1892 | 1,749 | — | #29 | #1,168 |
| 1891 | 1,515 | — | #30 | #910 |
| 1890 | 1,643 | — | #27 | #707 |
| 1889 | 1,567 | — | #25 | — |
| 1888 | 1,635 | — | #25 | #628 |
| 1887 | 1,370 | — | #22 | #878 |
| 1886 | 1,377 | — | #22 | #1,044 |
| 1885 | 1,325 | — | #21 | — |
| 1884 | 1,246 | — | #21 | — |
| 1883 | 1,183 | — | #19 | — |
| 1882 | 1,156 | — | #17 | #1,022 |
| 1881 | 962 | — | #19 | — |
| 1880 | 1,012 | — | #17 | — |