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Laura
Pronounced /lɑːɹə/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1971 · #994
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:868 in 2024 (#359)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Laura in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1971 with 67 babies, ranked #994.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 2,579 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 262 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 232 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 477 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 742 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 721 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 58 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 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.