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Laura
Pronounced /lɑːɹə/
Rank in 2024
#359
Born in 2024
868
Peak year
1964 · #14
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 868 girls were named Laura, about 1 in every 1,859.
- It peaked in 1964 with 18,967 babies, ranked #14.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 800,987 girls have been named Laura since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Laura per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 3.6Greatest1901–27
- 2.2Silent1928–45
- 5.7Boomers1946–64
- 8.4Gen X1965–80
- 6.2Millennials1981–96
- 1.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 74,166 babies, 3.62 per 1,000. Silent: 46,432 babies, 2.25 per 1,000. Boomers: 205,270 babies, 5.73 per 1,000. Gen X: 215,376 babies, 8.43 per 1,000. Millennials: 175,918 babies, 6.23 per 1,000. Gen Z: 41,593 babies, 1.43 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 11,169 babies, 0.55 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Late Latin saint's name Laura, from the feminine form of laurus (“laurel tree”). A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch's sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century.
- A female given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /lɑːɹə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Laura, CC BY-SA 4.0.