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Laurel

Rank in 2024
#727
Born in 2024
386
Peak year
1956 · #241
Origin
English
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 386 girls were named Laurel, about 1 in every 4,179.
  • It peaked in 1956 with 1,181 babies, ranked #241.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1883.
  • 46,739 girls have been named Laurel since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Laurel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. 0.4
    Boomers
  4. 0.3
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,590 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Silent: 3,892 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Boomers: 15,780 babies, 0.44 per 1,000. Gen X: 7,400 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,374 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5,637 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,916 babies, 0.24 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A female or male given name from English from the laurel plant.
Origin
English
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Laurel, CC BY-SA 4.0.