Laural
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LOR-ul
- Origin
- English
Laural is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “laurel tree”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Laural mean?
English: variant of Laurel, the laurel tree
“laurel tree”
Variant of Laurel, a name from the evergreen laurel tree, whose leaves were woven into wreaths for victors in ancient Greece and Rome.
Is Laural a girl's or a boy's name?
Laural is a girls' name.
How popular is Laural in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1957, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Laural in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laural in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,779 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,101 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,674 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,423 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1961 | 34 | #2,003 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,060 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,595 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,473 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,967 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,449 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,967 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,199 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,152 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,059 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,947 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Names like Laural
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Linda, Crystal, April, Leslie, Holly, Lisa, Darla, Susan, Wendy, Robin, Julie, Rebecca
Names related to Laural
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Laural: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laural, updated 20 October 2026.