How rare is the name Lauro?

3,875 people in the United States have the first name Lauro, about 1 in 77,944. It ranks #4,696 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

LAURO

#4,696

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,875
About
1 in 77,944
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,875 people named Lauro, 86.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 4.5% as White. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lauro peaked in 2000, when 48 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
48
In 2025*
20 ▼58%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,180 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Lauro by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #3,974. The largest share of babies named Lauro, 21.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#5,64054
1920s#4,335141
1930s#3,974133
1940s#4,401129
1950s#4,278173
1960s#4,690177
1970s#4,932229
1980s#5,185272
1990s#6,026301
2000s#7,688295
2010s#11,664175
2020s#11,577101
Greatest Generation 1901–278%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.2%
Baby boom 1946–6414.5%
Generation X 1965–8016.2%
Millennials 1981–9621.1%
Generation Z 1997–1219.5%
2013 and later10.3%

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.

Exactly as common as Lauro

2 other first names also have 3,875 people.

#4,696 Marleen · 3,875#4,696 Pawel · 3,875

Either side of Lauro

#4,694 Marleny · 3,878#4,695 Douglass · 3,876#4,696 Marleen · 3,875#4,696 Pawel · 3,875

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lauro, most common first.

#53 Laura · 679,856#2,402 Lauri · 10,367#6,230 Laure · 2,597#10,241 Laury · 1,311#35,436 Laur · 227

Also a last name

As a last name, Lauro ranks #15,658 of 156,621, with 1,796 people. See Lauro as a last name

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