Laura
Girl · LOR-a · Latin
Laura is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “laurel”. In 2025 it ranked 287th for girls in the UK (169 babies) and 379th for girls in the US (805 babies).
What does Laura mean?
Latin: from Latin laurus
“laurel”
Laura was the woman celebrated in the love poems of the 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch.
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Is Laura a girl's or a boy's name?
Laura is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 169 girls in the UK and 805 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laura in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #287among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 169about 1 in 1,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 169 girls in the UK were named Laura, making it the 287th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 183rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 3,969 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Laura since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Laura in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 303rd in England and Wales, 217th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#71), 1914 (#87), 1964 (#97), 1974 (#54), 1984 (#2), 1994 (#9) and 2004 (#81).
Laura in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 169 | #287 |
| 2024 | 203 | #259 |
| 2023 | 220 | #233 |
| 2022 | 287 | #198 |
| 2021 | 314 | #182 |
| 2020 | 306 | #183 |
| 2019 | 314 | #181 |
| 2018 | 362 | #165 |
| 2017 | 412 | #149 |
| 2016 | 427 | #146 |
| 2015 | 429 | #144 |
| 2014 | 403 | #156 |
| 2013 | 410 | #143 |
| 2012 | 467 | #139 |
| 2011 | 488 | #129 |
| 2010 | 523 | #122 |
| 2009 | 555 | #108 |
| 2008 | 522 | #119 |
| 2007 | 612 | #99 |
| 2006 | 656 | #93 |
| 2005 | 706 | #87 |
| 2004 | 776 | #76 |
| 2003 | 917 | #67 |
| 2002 | 1,292 | #45 |
| 2001 | 1,621 | #38 |
| 2000 | 1,932 | #33 |
| 1999 | 2,195 | #28 |
| 1998 | 2,710 | #22 |
| 1997 | 3,448 | #17 |
| 1996 | 3,969 | #15 |
How popular is Laura in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #379among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 805about 1 in 2,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 805 girls in the US were named Laura, making it the 379th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 356th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 18,967 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Laura since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the girls named Laura in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laura in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 805 | #379 |
| 2024 | 872 | #357 |
| 2023 | 846 | #362 |
| 2022 | 874 | #363 |
| 2021 | 807 | #389 |
| 2020 | 871 | #356 |
| 2019 | 951 | #337 |
| 2018 | 947 | #339 |
| 2017 | 948 | #339 |
| 2016 | 968 | #345 |
| 2015 | 1,016 | #320 |
| 2014 | 1,052 | #315 |
| 2013 | 1,029 | #314 |
| 2012 | 1,146 | #279 |
| 2011 | 1,171 | #273 |
| 2010 | 1,214 | #271 |
| 2009 | 1,414 | #234 |
| 2008 | 1,595 | #215 |
| 2007 | 1,844 | #183 |
| 2006 | 2,066 | #172 |
| 2005 | 2,356 | #146 |
| 2004 | 2,555 | #129 |
| 2003 | 2,750 | #124 |
| 2002 | 3,159 | #105 |
| 2001 | 3,563 | #86 |
| 2000 | 3,741 | #85 |
| 1999 | 3,878 | #81 |
| 1998 | 4,298 | #74 |
| 1997 | 4,851 | #66 |
| 1996 | 5,227 | #66 |
| 1995 | 6,008 | #55 |
| 1994 | 6,860 | #46 |
| 1993 | 7,262 | #43 |
| 1992 | 8,311 | #38 |
| 1991 | 9,644 | #35 |
| 1990 | 10,914 | #29 |
| 1989 | 11,740 | #25 |
| 1988 | 12,126 | #23 |
| 1987 | 13,033 | #22 |
| 1986 | 14,172 | #20 |
| 1985 | 16,002 | #14 |
| 1984 | 14,818 | #19 |
| 1983 | 13,199 | #23 |
| 1982 | 13,310 | #22 |
| 1981 | 13,292 | #21 |
| 1980 | 12,916 | #21 |
| 1979 | 11,880 | #20 |
| 1978 | 11,240 | #19 |
| 1977 | 11,318 | #20 |
| 1976 | 11,252 | #20 |
| 1975 | 10,311 | #20 |
| 1974 | 9,716 | #21 |
| 1973 | 10,344 | #19 |
| 1972 | 11,778 | #17 |
| 1971 | 13,875 | #16 |
| 1970 | 16,490 | #13 |
| 1969 | 17,922 | #10 |
| 1968 | 18,741 | #11 |
| 1967 | 15,819 | #15 |
| 1966 | 15,553 | #19 |
| 1965 | 16,218 | #17 |
| 1964 | 18,967 | #14 |
| 1963 | 18,514 | #16 |
| 1962 | 17,490 | #21 |
| 1961 | 17,901 | #21 |
| 1960 | 17,060 | #25 |
| 1959 | 14,528 | #30 |
| 1958 | 13,513 | #29 |
| 1957 | 12,181 | #31 |
| 1956 | 10,570 | #34 |
| 1955 | 9,008 | #41 |
| 1954 | 8,719 | #45 |
| 1953 | 7,628 | #51 |
| 1952 | 7,188 | #53 |
| 1951 | 6,466 | #60 |
| 1950 | 5,725 | #63 |
| 1949 | 5,384 | #65 |
| 1948 | 4,901 | #73 |
| 1947 | 5,051 | #74 |
| 1946 | 4,478 | #75 |
| 1945 | 3,589 | #77 |
| 1944 | 2,244 | #119 |
| 1943 | 2,391 | #117 |
| 1942 | 2,409 | #115 |
| 1941 | 2,274 | #115 |
| 1940 | 2,350 | #108 |
| 1939 | 2,376 | #107 |
| 1938 | 2,442 | #108 |
| 1937 | 2,363 | #105 |
| 1936 | 2,255 | #106 |
| 1935 | 2,358 | #101 |
| 1934 | 2,438 | #96 |
| 1933 | 2,536 | #91 |
| 1932 | 2,748 | #88 |
| 1931 | 2,669 | #89 |
| 1930 | 2,908 | #89 |
| 1929 | 2,936 | #90 |
| 1928 | 3,146 | #83 |
| 1927 | 3,338 | #81 |
| 1926 | 3,373 | #81 |
| 1925 | 3,588 | #75 |
| 1924 | 3,829 | #72 |
| 1923 | 3,710 | #73 |
| 1922 | 3,902 | #68 |
| 1921 | 3,998 | #71 |
| 1920 | 4,171 | #63 |
| 1919 | 3,663 | #71 |
| 1918 | 4,062 | #64 |
| 1917 | 3,807 | #65 |
| 1916 | 3,744 | #64 |
| 1915 | 3,723 | #61 |
| 1914 | 3,059 | #59 |
| 1913 | 2,454 | #62 |
| 1912 | 2,413 | #57 |
| 1911 | 1,790 | #57 |
| 1910 | 1,834 | #53 |
| 1909 | 1,524 | #55 |
| 1908 | 1,558 | #52 |
| 1907 | 1,621 | #51 |
| 1906 | 1,467 | #52 |
| 1905 | 1,566 | #49 |
| 1904 | 1,508 | #47 |
| 1903 | 1,503 | #43 |
| 1902 | 1,559 | #43 |
| 1901 | 1,402 | #44 |
| 1900 | 1,824 | #45 |
| 1899 | 1,472 | #43 |
| 1898 | 1,768 | #38 |
| 1897 | 1,585 | #39 |
| 1896 | 1,665 | #37 |
| 1895 | 1,643 | #36 |
| 1894 | 1,730 | #32 |
| 1893 | 1,683 | #31 |
| 1892 | 1,744 | #29 |
| 1891 | 1,509 | #29 |
| 1890 | 1,634 | #27 |
| 1889 | 1,567 | #25 |
| 1888 | 1,624 | #25 |
| 1887 | 1,364 | #22 |
| 1886 | 1,372 | #22 |
| 1885 | 1,325 | #21 |
| 1884 | 1,246 | #21 |
| 1883 | 1,183 | #19 |
| 1882 | 1,151 | #17 |
| 1881 | 962 | #19 |
| 1880 | 1,012 | #17 |
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