NameTides

Laurel

Laurel was the #734 girls' name in the US in 2025 (372 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales and #1,668 in Canada.

Laurel as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Laurel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Laurel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#734 (372)#1,719 (17)—#1,668 (14)
2024#729 (387)#1,302 (25)—#993 (27)
2023#715 (394)#1,325 (24)—#907 (29)
2022#709 (415)#1,556 (19)—#738 (37)
2021#637 (465)#1,785 (16)—#898 (31)
2020#685 (415)#1,507 (20)—#996 (26)
2019#728 (388)#1,292 (25)#765 (3)#1,138 (22)
2018#620 (484)#1,526 (20)—#690 (42)
2017#597 (504)#1,258 (27)—#816 (34)
2016#643 (459)#1,472 (22)—#1,075 (24)
2015#768 (369)#1,405 (23)—#843 (32)
2014#813 (340)#1,341 (24)#537 (6)#972 (27)
2013#866 (297)#1,360 (24)—#1,206 (20)
2012#967 (262)#1,809 (16)#665 (4)#1,194 (21)
2011#922 (282)#2,275 (11)—#1,305 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1956 at #241.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Laurel is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,300 to 1 in 4,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Laurel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #391WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: #483ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #303PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #965CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #536CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #573VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #472NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #901TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Laurel (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#7745
Ontario2024#93212

Laurel (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
LaurelCanadaGirls#1,66814
LaurelEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
LaurelEngland & WalesBoys—too few
LaurelNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LaurelScotlandGirls—too few
LaurelUSGirls#734372
LaurelUSBoys—too few