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Laurel

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1926 · #786
Origin
English
Also recorded for girls:386 in 2024 (#727)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Laurel in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1926 with 69 babies, ranked #786.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1887.
  • 1,860 boys 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.

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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 761 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 597 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 308 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 102 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 60 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6 babies, 0.00 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.