first name
LAURA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 679,856 people named Laura, 74.3% reported their origin as White, 19.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Laura peaked in 1964, when 19,008 babies got the name.
At least 804,390 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Laura by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #37. The largest share of babies named Laura, 26.9%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Laura is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Laura has been most common in Connecticut (1.3×), Alaska (1.3×), and Vermont (1.3×), and least common in Nevada (0.67×).
756,776 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Laura
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Laura, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Laura ranks #16,867 of 156,621, with 1,648 people. See Laura as a last name
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