Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Laura

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Laura
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.4% from peak

Peak era

1964

Peak rank proxy

18,967

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19642024

Peak year

1964

Decline from peak

95.4%

2024

868

All-time

800,987

Laura once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1964, when 18,967 girls were named Laura.

In 2024, only 868 girls were given the name.

Down 95.4% from its peak.

All told, about 800,987 Americans have been named Laura and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.4% from peak

196418,967 girls named Laura

2024868 girls named Laura

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