Laurel is an established girls' name that peaked in 1956 and has grown less common since.
Laurel is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #734 for girl births in the United States (and #1,449 across all names), given to 372 babies. Laurel was first reported in SSA data in 1883 and peaked in 1956 (1,181 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 372 | 372 | #734 | — |
| 2024 | 387 | 387 | #729 | — |
| 2023 | 394 | 394 | #716 | — |
| 2022 | 421 | 421 | #711 | #11,711 |
| 2021 | 465 | 465 | #638 | — |
| 2020 | 415 | 415 | #686 | — |
| 2019 | 388 | 388 | #728 | — |
| 2018 | 484 | 484 | #622 | — |
| 2017 | 504 | 504 | #598 | — |
| 2016 | 459 | 459 | #643 | — |
| 2015 | 369 | 369 | #768 | — |
| 2014 | 340 | 340 | #816 | — |
| 2013 | 297 | 297 | #870 | — |
| 2012 | 262 | 262 | #970 | — |
| 2011 | 282 | 282 | #923 | — |
| 2010 | 233 | 233 | #1,067 | — |
| 2009 | 241 | 241 | #1,061 | — |
| 2008 | 272 | 272 | #982 | — |
| 2007 | 288 | 288 | #939 | — |
| 2006 | 316 | 316 | #850 | — |
| 2005 | 332 | 332 | #783 | — |
| 2004 | 355 | 355 | #740 | — |
| 2003 | 404 | 404 | #656 | — |
| 2002 | 375 | 375 | #674 | — |
| 2001 | 399 | 399 | #628 | — |
| 2000 | 463 | 463 | #564 | — |
| 1999 | 444 | 444 | #566 | — |
| 1998 | 497 | 497 | #509 | — |
| 1997 | 474 | — | #510 | — |
| 1996 | 376 | — | #608 | — |
| 1995 | 407 | — | #567 | — |
| 1994 | 488 | — | #510 | — |
| 1993 | 435 | — | #561 | #6,033 |
| 1992 | 379 | — | #609 | #9,255 |
| 1991 | 432 | — | #543 | — |
| 1990 | 447 | — | #532 | — |
| 1989 | 526 | — | #461 | — |
| 1988 | 493 | — | #455 | — |
| 1987 | 447 | — | #482 | — |
| 1986 | 489 | — | #449 | #5,696 |
| 1985 | 569 | — | #402 | #4,972 |
| 1984 | 497 | — | #428 | #6,032 |
| 1983 | 443 | — | #464 | #5,241 |
| 1982 | 513 | — | #431 | #6,077 |
| 1981 | 493 | — | #446 | #3,527 |
| 1980 | 488 | — | #449 | #3,752 |
| 1979 | 440 | — | #467 | #4,257 |
| 1978 | 313 | — | #558 | — |
| 1977 | 342 | — | #537 | #6,418 |
| 1976 | 338 | — | #531 | #4,236 |
| 1975 | 313 | — | #549 | — |
| 1974 | 353 | — | #507 | #3,461 |
| 1973 | 416 | — | #449 | — |
| 1972 | 466 | — | #416 | — |
| 1971 | 500 | — | #424 | #4,697 |
| 1970 | 628 | — | #382 | #4,519 |
| 1969 | 642 | — | #370 | #2,789 |
| 1968 | 761 | — | #317 | #3,260 |
| 1967 | 515 | — | #415 | #2,889 |
| 1966 | 455 | — | #444 | #2,558 |
| 1965 | 532 | — | #405 | #3,129 |
| 1964 | 556 | — | #416 | #2,494 |
| 1963 | 725 | — | #355 | #3,208 |
| 1962 | 713 | — | #358 | #2,317 |
| 1961 | 764 | — | #345 | #3,531 |
| 1960 | 806 | — | #333 | #2,086 |
| 1959 | 883 | — | #312 | #2,956 |
| 1958 | 977 | — | #287 | #2,445 |
| 1957 | 1,132 | — | #255 | #2,926 |
| 1956 | 1,197 | — | #241 | #2,053 |
| 1955 | 1,006 | — | #276 | #1,590 |
| 1954 | 897 | — | #286 | #1,863 |
| 1953 | 959 | — | #267 | #1,694 |
| 1952 | 908 | — | #269 | #1,725 |
| 1951 | 870 | — | #269 | #1,758 |
| 1950 | 774 | — | #282 | #1,920 |
| 1949 | 717 | — | #293 | #1,566 |
| 1948 | 704 | — | #292 | #1,858 |
| 1947 | 805 | — | #277 | #1,351 |
| 1946 | 696 | — | #283 | #1,723 |
| 1945 | 554 | — | #298 | #1,364 |
| 1944 | 372 | — | #378 | #1,420 |
| 1943 | 324 | — | #425 | #1,421 |
| 1942 | 333 | — | #418 | #1,102 |
| 1941 | 318 | — | #400 | #1,508 |
| 1940 | 322 | — | #406 | #1,117 |
| 1939 | 380 | — | #339 | #1,256 |
| 1938 | 307 | — | #398 | #1,324 |
| 1937 | 156 | — | #597 | #1,252 |
| 1936 | 117 | — | #753 | #1,061 |
| 1935 | 132 | — | #650 | #1,239 |
| 1934 | 143 | — | #684 | #926 |
| 1933 | 139 | — | #652 | #1,086 |
| 1932 | 168 | — | #604 | #933 |
| 1931 | 161 | — | #588 | #1,184 |
| 1930 | 172 | — | #581 | #1,245 |
| 1929 | 188 | — | #568 | #1,067 |
| 1928 | 203 | — | #541 | #1,155 |
| 1927 | 289 | — | #467 | #824 |
| 1926 | 238 | — | #537 | #789 |
| 1925 | 174 | — | #632 | #1,135 |
| 1924 | 225 | — | #546 | #1,027 |
| 1923 | 257 | — | #486 | #926 |
| 1922 | 143 | — | #774 | #955 |
| 1921 | 118 | — | #939 | #951 |
| 1920 | 123 | — | #883 | #935 |
| 1919 | 82 | — | #991 | #1,336 |
| 1918 | 109 | — | #889 | #1,024 |
| 1917 | 99 | — | #939 | #992 |
| 1916 | 68 | — | #1,178 | #1,190 |
| 1915 | 81 | — | #1,047 | #1,007 |
| 1914 | 69 | — | #1,050 | #923 |
| 1913 | 52 | — | #991 | #1,094 |
| 1912 | 46 | — | #1,094 | #956 |
| 1911 | 28 | — | #1,091 | #1,086 |
| 1910 | 18 | — | #1,384 | #1,513 |
| 1909 | 18 | — | #981 | — |
| 1908 | 23 | — | #1,027 | #1,168 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | #1,573 | — |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,642 | — |
| 1905 | 14 | — | #1,481 | #1,172 |
| 1904 | 25 | — | #924 | #849 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | — | #1,079 |
| 1902 | 16 | — | #1,173 | #1,088 |
| 1901 | 15 | — | #869 | — |
| 1900 | 10 | — | #1,272 | — |
| 1899 | 11 | — | #1,007 | — |
| 1898 | 19 | — | #943 | #1,227 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | #1,122 | — |
| 1896 | 12 | — | #1,496 | #1,053 |
| 1895 | 10 | — | #1,719 | #1,175 |
| 1894 | 16 | — | #768 | — |
| 1893 | 9 | — | #1,052 | — |
| 1892 | 11 | — | #940 | — |
| 1891 | 10 | — | #924 | — |
| 1890 | 7 | — | #1,153 | — |
| 1889 | 11 | — | #1,209 | #1,043 |
| 1887 | 11 | — | #1,093 | #1,000 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | #947 | — |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #1,122 | — |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #977 | — |
| 1883 | 12 | — | #571 | — |