Laurel
Girl · LORR-el · English
Laurel is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “laurel tree”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 734th for girls in the US (372 babies).
What does Laurel mean?
English: English plant name, from Latin laurus
“laurel tree”
From the evergreen laurel, whose leaves were woven into victory wreaths in ancient Greece and Rome.
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Is Laurel a girl's or a boy's name?
Laurel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 372 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laurel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Laurel, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 32 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Laurel than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Laurel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Laurel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,356 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,256 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,248 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,452 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,389 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,250 |
| 2004 | 24 | #1,081 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 28 | #875 |
| 1999 | 27 | #893 |
| 1998 | 32 | #789 |
| 1997 | 21 | #1,053 |
| 1996 | 28 | #855 |
How popular is Laurel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #734among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 372about 1 in 4,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 372 girls in the US were named Laurel, making it the 734th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 685th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 1,181 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Laurel than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Laurel in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 50% of the babies named Laurel in the US in 1912, and 99% in 2022.
Laurel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 372 | #734 |
| 2024 | 387 | #729 |
| 2023 | 394 | #715 |
| 2022 | 415 | #709 |
| 2021 | 465 | #637 |
| 2020 | 415 | #685 |
| 2019 | 388 | #728 |
| 2018 | 484 | #620 |
| 2017 | 504 | #597 |
| 2016 | 459 | #643 |
| 2015 | 369 | #768 |
| 2014 | 340 | #813 |
| 2013 | 297 | #866 |
| 2012 | 262 | #967 |
| 2011 | 282 | #922 |
| 2010 | 233 | #1,063 |
| 2009 | 241 | #1,059 |
| 2008 | 272 | #981 |
| 2007 | 288 | #937 |
| 2006 | 316 | #849 |
| 2005 | 332 | #782 |
| 2004 | 355 | #740 |
| 2003 | 404 | #656 |
| 2002 | 375 | #674 |
| 2001 | 399 | #627 |
| 2000 | 463 | #562 |
| 1999 | 444 | #566 |
| 1998 | 497 | #507 |
| 1997 | 474 | #510 |
| 1996 | 376 | #608 |
| 1995 | 407 | #567 |
| 1994 | 488 | #510 |
| 1993 | 426 | #561 |
| 1992 | 374 | #607 |
| 1991 | 432 | #542 |
| 1990 | 447 | #530 |
| 1989 | 526 | #461 |
| 1988 | 493 | #454 |
| 1987 | 447 | #481 |
| 1986 | 482 | #449 |
| 1985 | 561 | #402 |
| 1984 | 491 | #428 |
| 1983 | 436 | #464 |
| 1982 | 507 | #431 |
| 1981 | 481 | #446 |
| 1980 | 477 | #449 |
| 1979 | 431 | #467 |
| 1978 | 313 | #557 |
| 1977 | 337 | #537 |
| 1976 | 330 | #531 |
| 1975 | 313 | #548 |
| 1974 | 343 | #507 |
| 1973 | 416 | #449 |
| 1972 | 466 | #416 |
| 1971 | 494 | #423 |
| 1970 | 622 | #382 |
| 1969 | 631 | #369 |
| 1968 | 753 | #317 |
| 1967 | 506 | #415 |
| 1966 | 444 | #444 |
| 1965 | 524 | #405 |
| 1964 | 544 | #416 |
| 1963 | 717 | #355 |
| 1962 | 700 | #358 |
| 1961 | 757 | #345 |
| 1960 | 790 | #333 |
| 1959 | 874 | #312 |
| 1958 | 965 | #287 |
| 1957 | 1,123 | #255 |
| 1956 | 1,181 | #241 |
| 1955 | 982 | #276 |
| 1954 | 879 | #286 |
| 1953 | 938 | #267 |
| 1952 | 888 | #269 |
| 1951 | 851 | #269 |
| 1950 | 758 | #282 |
| 1949 | 694 | #293 |
| 1948 | 687 | #291 |
| 1947 | 775 | #277 |
| 1946 | 678 | #283 |
| 1945 | 530 | #298 |
| 1944 | 349 | #378 |
| 1943 | 299 | #425 |
| 1942 | 294 | #418 |
| 1941 | 297 | #398 |
| 1940 | 287 | #404 |
| 1939 | 352 | #339 |
| 1938 | 281 | #397 |
| 1937 | 127 | #597 |
| 1936 | 80 | #748 |
| 1935 | 102 | #646 |
| 1934 | 96 | #680 |
| 1933 | 102 | #650 |
| 1932 | 119 | #602 |
| 1931 | 127 | #586 |
| 1930 | 139 | #580 |
| 1929 | 146 | #566 |
| 1928 | 165 | #541 |
| 1927 | 223 | #466 |
| 1926 | 169 | #537 |
| 1925 | 135 | #631 |
| 1924 | 177 | #546 |
| 1923 | 202 | #486 |
| 1922 | 89 | #774 |
| 1921 | 63 | #935 |
| 1920 | 68 | #880 |
| 1919 | 53 | #984 |
| 1918 | 65 | #885 |
| 1917 | 55 | #933 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,167 |
| 1915 | 41 | #1,040 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,034 |
| 1913 | 30 | #981 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,080 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,071 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 18 | #961 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,004 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 16 | #910 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,133 |
| 1901 | 15 | #857 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,230 |
| 1899 | 11 | #983 |
| 1898 | 14 | #920 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,094 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 16 | #744 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,023 |
| 1892 | 11 | #908 |
| 1891 | 10 | #893 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
| 1884 | 6 | #930 |
| 1883 | 12 | #561 |
Nicknames for Laurel
- Laurie 121 boys in the UK in 2025
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