NameTides

Laura

Laura was the #379 girls' name in the US in 2025 (805 babies), and #303 in England & Wales and #146 in Canada.

Laura as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Laura as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandUS
Laura as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#379 (805)#303 (148)#217 (17)#334 (4)#112 (41)#146 (188)——
2024#357 (872)#258 (188)#351 (9)#253 (6)#105 (46)#162 (172)——
2023#362 (846)#233 (196)#228 (17)#237 (7)#103 (49)#105 (235)——
2022#363 (874)#200 (255)#173 (25)#243 (7)#91 (59)#114 (214)——
2021#389 (807)#180 (284)#205 (20)#190 (10)#78 (74)#121 (223)——
2020#356 (871)#178 (281)#241 (15)#178 (10)#88 (60)#109 (232)——
2019#337 (951)#176 (283)#224 (18)#157 (13)#84 (68)#107 (236)——
2018#339 (947)#169 (318)#143 (33)#179 (11)#62 (99)#119 (221)——
2017#339 (948)#145 (372)#153 (32)#215 (8)#63 (97)#129 (219)——
2016#345 (968)#150 (366)#149 (33)#92 (28)#54 (112)#138 (213)——
2015#320 (1,016)#145 (380)#151 (31)#129 (18)#48 (133)#138 (225)——
2014#315 (1,052)#160 (349)#159 (30)#99 (24)#49 (132)#136 (231)——
2013#314 (1,029)#146 (359)#147 (31)#112 (20)#39 (169)#145 (210)——
2012#279 (1,146)#140 (405)#126 (36)#98 (26)#36 (191)#157 (205)——
2011#273 (1,171)#134 (415)#99 (45)#89 (28)#36 (212)#128 (238)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1968 at #11.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 520common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 800common

Next year

On its recent trend, Laura is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 2,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Laura by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #364WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #332WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #356MNIllinois: #417ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #343NYMassachusetts: #179MAOregon: #429ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #396INOhio: #416OHPennsylvania: #259PANew Jersey: #362NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #458CAUtah: #361UTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #259KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #396VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #546AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #389TNNorth Carolina: #453NCSouth Carolina: #347SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #301MSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #349GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #346TXFlorida: #279FL
Laura (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6680
Ontario2024#29842

Laura (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LauraCanadaGirls#146188
LauraCanadaBoys—too few
LauraEngland & WalesGirls#303148
Laura-England & WalesGirls—too few
LauraIrelandGirls#11241
LauraNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
LauraNSWGirls—too few
LauraScotlandGirls#21717
LauraUSGirls#379805
LauraUSBoys—too few
LauraVICGirls—too few