Laural

LAW-ruhl /ˈlɔːɹəl/
girl 2 syllables fading

Laural is a rare variant of Laurel that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.

Laural is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2012. Laural was first reported in SSA data in 1918 and peaked in 1957 (52 births).

About the name Laural

PronunciationLAW-ruhl /ˈlɔːɹəl/
52peak births 1957
1918first in SSA data

Names similar to Laural

How popular is Laural?

Girls named Laural
1918192019401960198020002012
Girls named Laural per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1918–2012 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2012) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Laural total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201255#18,383
200755#19,247
20061010#11,080
200477#13,563
20031010#10,106
200255#16,968
200166#14,557
20001010#9,574
19991212#8,006
19981313#7,364
19979—#9,466
199610—#8,534
19957—#11,203
199412—#7,382
19935—#14,736
19918—#9,843
19906—#12,214
198910—#7,778
19886—#11,145
19878—#8,413
19867—#9,092
198514—#5,212
198416—#4,625
19835—#11,189
198211—#6,165
198111—#6,122
19807—#8,647
197912—#5,602
19787—#8,120
19776—#9,087
197615—#4,255
197513—#4,734
197414—#4,337
19738—#6,390
197212—#4,660
197116—#3,869
197025—#2,821
196919—#3,152
196822—#2,753
196718—#3,012
196620—#2,808
196522—#2,650
196422—#2,715
196325—#2,457
196226—#2,388
196134—#2,019
196031—#2,077
195920—#2,635
195832—#1,967
195752—#1,482
195630—#1,986
195525—#2,192
195420—#2,483
195324—#2,155
19526—#5,225
195125—#1,994
195019—#2,300
194921—#2,180
194818—#2,379
194720—#2,244
194619—#2,194
194517—#2,113
194410—#3,050
194314—#2,500
19427—#3,939
19417—#3,789
19407—#3,689
193917—#1,998
19385—#4,678
19325—#4,764
19295—#4,953
19288—#3,609
19277—#4,080
19265—#5,266
19256—#4,704
19185—#5,226