Laurie
#2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 98.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 10,143 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 19 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 166,488since 1882
Laurie over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,822 | 60 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,047 | 53 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,911 | 38 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,171 | 51 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,157 | 51 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,450 | 44 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,222 | 49 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,928 | 56 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,964 | 55 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,326 | 48 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,524 | 71 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,005 | 56 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,597 | 68 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,782 | 41 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,303 | 49 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,803 | 62 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,000 | 57 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,397 | 80 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,647 | 69 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,127 | 91 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,969 | 97 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,286 | 76 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,019 | 89 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,984 | 88 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,807 | 98 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,759 | 99 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,461 | 118 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,300 | 137 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,225 | 146 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,279 | 135 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,074 | 166 | — | |
| 1994 | #948 | 196 | — | |
| 1993 | #943 | 200 | — | |
| 1992 | #770 | 269 | — | |
| 1991 | #682 | 314 | — | |
| 1990 | #649 | 345 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #521 | 448 | — | |
| 1988 | #478 | 476 | — | |
| 1987 | #431 | 519 | — | |
| 1986 | #391 | 591 | — | |
| 1985 | #311 | 779 | — | |
| 1984 | #291 | 817 | — | |
| 1983 | #247 | 952 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #220 | 1,185 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #214 | 1,224 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #195 | 1,335 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #176 | 1,581 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #169 | 1,613 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #153 | 1,765 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #137 | 2,038 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #125 | 2,284 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #116 | 2,555 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #106 | 2,897 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #98 | 3,227 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #96 | 3,749 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #88 | 4,392 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #79 | 4,627 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #79 | 4,342 | #1,650 | 23 |
| 1967 | #72 | 4,921 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #63 | 5,667 | #1,613 | 23 |
| 1965 | #60 | 6,533 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1964 | #59 | 7,832 | #1,435 | 30 |
| 1963 | #47 | 9,276 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1962 | #42 | 10,675 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1961 | #43 | 10,435 | #1,349 | 35 |
| 1960 | #37 | 10,143 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1959 | #56 | 7,535 | #1,360 | 33 |
| 1958 | #70 | 6,734 | #1,557 | 25 |
| 1957 | #73 | 6,543 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | #76 | 6,207 | #1,362 | 32 |
| 1955 | #91 | 4,954 | #1,503 | 26 |
| 1954 | #98 | 4,290 | #1,593 | 23 |
| 1953 | #103 | 3,686 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1952 | #115 | 3,271 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #139 | 2,353 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1950 | #194 | 1,391 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1949 | #224 | 1,103 | #1,097 | 41 |
| 1948 | #272 | 805 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1947 | #273 | 789 | #1,081 | 45 |
| 1946 | #261 | 769 | #1,278 | 30 |
| 1945 | #285 | 592 | #1,227 | 29 |
| 1944 | #370 | 361 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1943 | #459 | 258 | #1,214 | 32 |
| 1942 | #485 | 232 | #1,193 | 34 |
| 1941 | #521 | 178 | #1,300 | 26 |
| 1940 | #598 | 135 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #574 | 137 | #1,168 | 31 |
| 1938 | #693 | 99 | #1,171 | 31 |
| 1937 | #751 | 82 | #1,119 | 34 |
| 1936 | #780 | 75 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | #834 | 68 | #1,295 | 27 |
| 1934 | #794 | 71 | #942 | 45 |
| 1933 | #1,085 | 41 | #1,202 | 30 |
| 1932 | #979 | 52 | #1,198 | 32 |
| 1931 | #1,060 | 44 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #894 | 65 | #1,215 | 34 |
| 1929 | #1,032 | 50 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,085 | 48 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,023 | 56 | #1,350 | 30 |
| 1926 | #1,198 | 41 | #1,050 | 44 |
| 1925 | #1,324 | 36 | #1,184 | 36 |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 | #1,045 | 46 |
| 1923 | #1,129 | 46 | #1,177 | 37 |
| 1922 | #1,144 | 45 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #1,148 | 44 | #1,296 | 32 |
| 1920 | #1,062 | 49 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,369 | 32 | #1,351 | 28 |
| 1918 | #1,061 | 47 | #1,373 | 27 |
| 1917 | #1,079 | 43 | #1,264 | 29 |
| 1916 | #1,100 | 41 | #1,176 | 31 |
| 1915 | #1,094 | 38 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 | #1,441 | 18 |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 | #1,173 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #970 | 17 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 | #785 | 11 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 | — | |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five girls were named Laurie! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Laurie is popular in 1954
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Washington#33 · 1 in 163
- Alaska#36 · 1 in 137
- Oregon#36 · 1 in 166
- Wisconsin#41 · 1 in 205
- Connecticut#42 · 1 in 168
Best ever in a state: #2 in Vermont, 1961.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #33 | 175 | 1 in 163 |
| Alaska | #36 | 18 | 1 in 137 |
| Oregon | #36 | 97 | 1 in 166 |
| Wisconsin | #41 | 203 | 1 in 205 |
| Connecticut | #42 | 129 | 1 in 168 |
| Utah | #44 | 57 | 1 in 175 |
| Minnesota | #46 | 190 | 1 in 189 |
| South Dakota | #49 | 34 | 1 in 216 |
| Nevada | #51 | 10 | 1 in 184 |
| Maine | #52 | 44 | 1 in 215 |
| New York | #53 | 658 | 1 in 244 |
| California | #58 | 542 | 1 in 265 |
| Massachusetts | #59 | 182 | 1 in 274 |
| Montana | #59 | 32 | 1 in 214 |
| North Dakota | #62 | 26 | 1 in 275 |
| Michigan | #67 | 317 | 1 in 277 |
| Nebraska | #70 | 48 | 1 in 301 |
| New Jersey | #72 | 161 | 1 in 327 |
| Hawaii | #73 | 23 | 1 in 258 |
| Rhode Island | #74 | 25 | 1 in 342 |
| New Hampshire | #77 | 17 | 1 in 302 |
| Colorado | #79 | 53 | 1 in 327 |
| Vermont | #79 | 13 | 1 in 275 |
| Iowa | #91 | 75 | 1 in 370 |
| Idaho | #93 | 17 | 1 in 378 |
| Wyoming | #103 | 8 | 1 in 398 |
| Illinois | #104 | 227 | 1 in 439 |
| Maryland | #118 | 51 | 1 in 552 |
| Arizona | #121 | 24 | 1 in 489 |
| Florida | #131 | 59 | 1 in 638 |
| Delaware | #133 | 6 | 1 in 653 |
| Ohio | #134 | 153 | 1 in 666 |
| Kansas | #142 | 31 | 1 in 709 |
| Missouri | #144 | 50 | 1 in 868 |
| Pennsylvania | #148 | 149 | 1 in 759 |
| District of Columbia | #158 | 18 | 1 in 735 |
| Texas | #192 | 110 | 1 in 1,018 |
| Oklahoma | #193 | 20 | 1 in 1,127 |
| Indiana | #198 | 37 | 1 in 1,320 |
| Louisiana | #212 | 35 | 1 in 1,089 |
| Georgia | #213 | 36 | 1 in 1,276 |
| Virginia | #217 | 30 | 1 in 1,358 |
| New Mexico | #230 | 9 | 1 in 1,184 |
| Tennessee | #272 | 16 | 1 in 2,420 |
| West Virginia | #302 | 8 | 1 in 2,622 |
| Alabama | #305 | 16 | 1 in 2,295 |
| Arkansas | #327 | 8 | 1 in 2,417 |
| Mississippi | #328 | 11 | 1 in 2,564 |
| North Carolina | #342 | 17 | 1 in 3,038 |
| Kentucky | #393 | 8 | 1 in 4,264 |
| South Carolina | #413 | 7 | 1 in 4,201 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Laurie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 225 spots since 2024 (#3,047 → #2,822)
- 628 spots since 2020 (#3,450 → #2,822)
- 298 spots since 2015 (#2,524 → #2,822)
- Biggest jump: 553 spots in 1895 (#1,485 → #932)
- Biggest drop: 320 spots in 1909 (#970 → #1,290)
Rise & fade · girls
78 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1960 at #37 (10,143 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 19 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1954–1972
- Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1934–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 184
- Highest: 1 in 184 girls born in 1962 were named Laurie (0.54%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,788 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #37 in 1960, was only 1 in 199 (0.50%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 44.7% of all girls named Laurie (74,451) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 50 | #788 (1887) | #906 |
| 1890s | 76 | #796 (1891) | #1,174 |
| 1900s | 97 | #970 (1908) | #1,331 |
| 1910s | 296 | #1,030 (1910) | #1,184 |
| 1920s | 449 | #1,023 (1927) | #1,155 |
| 1930s | 734 | #574 (1939) | #844 |
| 1940s | 5,222 | #224 (1949) | #375 |
| 1950s | 46,964 | #56 (1959) | #102 |
| 1960s | 74,451 | #37 (1960) | #58 |
| 1970s | 26,101 | #88 (1970) | #126 |
| 1980s | 8,326 | #195 (1980) | #330 |
| 1990s | 2,026 | #649 (1990) | #1,033 |
| 2000s | 844 | #1,759 (2000) | #2,200 |
| 2010s | 555 | #2,524 (2015) | #3,045 |
| 2020s | 297 | #2,822 (2025) | #3,260 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Laurie in 1954
girls
#98
4,290 births · 1 in 453 girls
boys
#1,593
23 births · 1 in 88,641 boys
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 453 of them was named Laurie, which outranked 98.5% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Laurie
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 88,641 of them was named Laurie, which outranked 63.5% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Laurie
- #1,559Sherrill24
- #1,559Wanda24
- #1,559Wendel24
- #1,593Laurie23
- #1,593Adonis23
- #1,593Ardis23
- #1,593Ashton23
- #1,628Arvel22
- #1,628Augusta22
- #1,628Bernice22
Tied with 34 names at #1,593; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
Fallers
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.