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

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Peak · girls
#37
1960 · 10,143 births
Debut · girls
1882
5 births
In top 100 · girls
19 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
166,488
since 1882

Laurie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #37, 1960girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,82260—
2024#3,04753—
2023#3,91138—
2022#3,17151—
2021#3,15751—
2020#3,45044—
2019#3,22249—
2018#2,92856—
2017#2,96455—
2016#3,32648—
2015#2,52471—
2014#3,00556—
2013#2,59768—
2012#3,78241—
2011#3,30349—
2010#2,80362—
2009#3,00057—
2008#2,39780—
2007#2,64769—
2006#2,12791—
2005#1,96997—
2004#2,28676—
2003#2,01989—
2002#1,98488—
2001#1,80798—
2000#1,75999—
1999#1,461118—
1998#1,300137—
1997#1,225146—
1996#1,279135—
1995#1,074166—
1994#948196—
1993#943200—
1992#770269—
1991#682314—
1990#649345#8,1175
1989#521448—
1988#478476—
1987#431519—
1986#391591—
1985#311779—
1984#291817—
1983#247952#5,4846
1982#2201,185#5,6196
1981#2141,224#3,60111
1980#1951,335#5,5256
1979#1761,581#5,3556
1978#1691,613#3,8579
1977#1531,765#4,5827
1976#1372,038#2,94613
1975#1252,284#3,24611
1974#1162,555#2,35817
1973#1062,897#2,12419
1972#983,227#2,53414
1971#963,749#2,36616
1970#884,392#2,12518
1969#794,627#2,13016
1968#794,342#1,65023
1967#724,921#1,97416
1966#635,667#1,61323
1965#606,533#1,48327
1964#597,832#1,43530
1963#479,276#1,27937
1962#4210,675#1,40331
1961#4310,435#1,34935
1960#3710,143#1,46330
1959#567,535#1,36033
1958#706,734#1,55725
1957#736,543#1,63424
1956#766,207#1,36232
1955#914,954#1,50326
1954#984,290#1,59323
1953#1033,686#1,37830
1952#1153,271#1,34731
1951#1392,353#1,51924
1950#1941,391#1,18137
1949#2241,103#1,09741
1948#272805#1,32330
1947#273789#1,08145
1946#261769#1,27830
1945#285592#1,22729
1944#370361#1,15233
1943#459258#1,21432
1942#485232#1,19334
1941#521178#1,30026
1940#598135#1,57319
1939#574137#1,16831
1938#69399#1,17131
1937#75182#1,11934
1936#78075#1,14233
1935#83468#1,29527
1934#79471#94245
1933#1,08541#1,20230
1932#97952#1,19832
1931#1,06044#1,58920
1930#89465#1,21534
1929#1,03250#1,33928
1928#1,08548#1,29331
1927#1,02356#1,35030
1926#1,19841#1,05044
1925#1,32436#1,18436
1924#1,40934#1,04546
1923#1,12946#1,17737
1922#1,14445#1,59123
1921#1,14844#1,29632
1920#1,06249#1,41627
1919#1,36932#1,35128
1918#1,06147#1,37327
1917#1,07943#1,26429
1916#1,10041#1,17631
1915#1,09438#1,37224
1914#1,14728#1,44118
1913#1,17622#1,17319
1912#1,54013#1,09518
1911#1,24114—
1910#1,03018#1,1938
1909#1,29011#1,1557
1908#97017#1,3735
1907#1,14212#1,2006
1906#1,15411—
1905#1,6966—
1904#1,8775—
1903#1,4407—
1902#1,2199#1,1375
1901#1,4666#1,0585
1900#1,05313#78511
1899#1,1818#1,0515
1898#1,7005—
1897#1,2637—
1896#95012#9826
1895#93212—
1894#1,4855—
1893#1,1757#7059
1892#1,0858—
1891#79612—
1890——
1889#9508—
1888#9598—
1887#7889—
1886#8977#8456
1885#1,0475—
1884#7938—
1883——
1882#9085—
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 1957

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #46 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 184 girlsAKMaine: #27 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 131 girlsMEVermont: #44 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 149 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #36 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 141 girlsNHWashington: #31 for girls · 213 births · 1 in 135 girlsWAIdaho: #42 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 177 girlsIDMontana: #32 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 129 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #32 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 139 girlsNDMinnesota: #36 for girls · 263 births · 1 in 146 girlsMNIllinois: #64 for girls · 377 births · 1 in 288 girlsILWisconsin: #34 for girls · 316 births · 1 in 139 girlsWIMichigan: #44 for girls · 486 births · 1 in 196 girlsMINew York: #43 for girls · 848 births · 1 in 200 girlsNYMassachusetts: #46 for girls · 289 births · 1 in 186 girlsMARhode Island: #44 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 164 girlsRIOregon: #33 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 142 girlsORNevada: #33 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 120 girlsNVWyoming: #58 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 205 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #40 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 165 girlsSDIowa: #68 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 291 girlsIAIndiana: #154 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 763 girlsINOhio: #96 for girls · 260 births · 1 in 427 girlsOHPennsylvania: #106 for girls · 276 births · 1 in 428 girlsPANew Jersey: #68 for girls · 208 births · 1 in 277 girlsNJConnecticut: #27 for girls · 200 births · 1 in 124 girlsCTCalifornia: #40 for girls · 871 births · 1 in 188 girlsCAUtah: #24 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 110 girlsUTColorado: #73 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 292 girlsCONebraska: #55 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 218 girlsNEMissouri: #110 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 491 girlsMOKentucky: #228 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,686 girlsKYWest Virginia: #396 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,952 girlsWVVirginia: #155 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 901 girlsVAMaryland: #105 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 441 girlsMDDelaware: #108 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 437 girlsDEArizona: #81 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 310 girlsAZNew Mexico: #169 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 675 girlsNMKansas: #115 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 507 girlsKSArkansas: #210 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,237 girlsARTennessee: #193 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,177 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #227 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,368 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #180 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 887 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #106 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 401 girlsDCOklahoma: #147 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 662 girlsOKLouisiana: #131 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 603 girlsLAMississippi: #255 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,448 girlsMSAlabama: #301 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,157 girlsALGeorgia: #169 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 868 girlsGAHawaii: #66 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 253 girlsHITexas: #132 for girls · 189 births · 1 in 611 girlsTXFlorida: #94 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 396 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#24 · 1 in 110
  2. Connecticut#27 · 1 in 124
  3. Maine#27 · 1 in 131
  4. Washington#31 · 1 in 135
  5. Montana#32 · 1 in 129

Best ever in a state: #2 in Vermont, 1961.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#24961 in 110
Connecticut#272001 in 124
Maine#27751 in 131
Washington#312131 in 135
Montana#32561 in 129
North Dakota#32481 in 139
Nevada#33181 in 120
Oregon#331121 in 142
Wisconsin#343161 in 139
Minnesota#362631 in 146
New Hampshire#36391 in 141
California#408711 in 188
South Dakota#40431 in 165
Idaho#42361 in 177
New York#438481 in 200
Michigan#444861 in 196
Rhode Island#44521 in 164
Vermont#44241 in 149
Alaska#46151 in 184
Massachusetts#462891 in 186
Nebraska#55651 in 218
Wyoming#58141 in 205
Illinois#643771 in 288
Hawaii#66241 in 253
Iowa#68981 in 291
New Jersey#682081 in 277
Colorado#73641 in 292
Arizona#81441 in 310
Florida#941161 in 396
Ohio#962601 in 427
Maryland#105691 in 441
District of Columbia#106341 in 401
Pennsylvania#1062761 in 428
Delaware#108111 in 437
Missouri#110921 in 491
Kansas#115431 in 507
Louisiana#131661 in 603
Texas#1321891 in 611
Oklahoma#147331 in 662
Indiana#154681 in 763
Virginia#155461 in 901
Georgia#169531 in 868
New Mexico#169171 in 675
South Carolina#180321 in 887
Tennessee#193321 in 1,177
Arkansas#210151 in 1,237
North Carolina#227371 in 1,368
Kentucky#228201 in 1,686
Mississippi#255181 in 1,448
Alabama#301171 in 2,157
West Virginia#39651 in 3,952

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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s50#788 (1887)#906
1890s76#796 (1891)#1,174
1900s97#970 (1908)#1,331
1910s296#1,030 (1910)#1,184
1920s449#1,023 (1927)#1,155
1930s734#574 (1939)#844
1940s5,222#224 (1949)#375
1950s46,964#56 (1959)#102
1960s74,451#37 (1960)#58
1970s26,101#88 (1970)#126
1980s8,326#195 (1980)#330
1990s2,026#649 (1990)#1,033
2000s844#1,759 (2000)#2,200
2010s555#2,524 (2015)#3,045
2020s297#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 1957

girls
#73
6,543 births · 1 in 313 girls
boys
#1,634
24 births · 1 in 89,885 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #73Laurie6,543

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #1,634Laurie24
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 313 of them was named Laurie, which outranked 99.0% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laurie
  1. #70Vickie6,845
  2. #71Maria6,778
  3. #72Katherine6,637
  4. #73Laurie6,543
  5. #74Dorothy6,405
  6. #75Virginia6,238
  7. #76Valerie6,231
Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,944Tammi#3,696 → #752
  2. ↑ 1,310Tamela#2,151 → #841
  3. ↑ 1,298Tammie#1,662 → #364
  4. ↑ 993Tia#1,968 → #975
  5. ↑ 676Tamera#1,287 → #611
Fallers
  1. ↓ 423Corliss#878 → #1,301
  2. ↓ 399Glynis#977 → #1,376
  3. ↓ 367Merrie#977 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 303Taryn#935 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 291Glendora#963 → #1,254

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 89,885 of them was named Laurie, which outranked 64.1% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laurie
  1. #1,583Webb25
  2. #1,583Wendel25
  3. #1,583Zachery25
  4. #1,634Laurie24
  5. #1,634Ariel24
  6. #1,634Brook24
  7. #1,634Candido24
  8. #1,673Alain23
  9. #1,673Aundra23
  10. #1,673Berkley23

Tied with 38 names at #1,634; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 714Dion#1,642 → #928
  2. ↑ 404Wes#1,317 → #913
  3. ↑ 371Antoine#1,232 → #861
  4. ↑ 340Domenick#1,335 → #995
  5. ↑ 329Mitch#868 → #539
Fallers
  1. ↓ 458Lannie#999 → #1,457
  2. ↓ 402Desi#986 → #1,388
  3. ↓ 354Gavin#924 → #1,278
  4. ↓ 317Murphy#917 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 288Eliot#897 → #1,185

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1957 →