first name
LAURIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 144,345 people named Laurie, 91.6% reported their origin as White, 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Laurie peaked in 1962, when 10,706 babies got the name.
At least 168,442 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.
Laurie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #105. The largest share of babies named Laurie, 59%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Laurie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Laurie has been most common in Vermont (3.1×), Maine (2.9×), and Rhode Island (2.2×), and least common in West Virginia (0.16×).
162,995 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 Laurie
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Laurie, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Laurie ranks #10,142 of 156,621, with 3,029 people. See Laurie as a last name
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