Girl name#26 of girl names
Laura
Pronounced L AO1 R AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1964
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Laura?
Laura is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 856,890 children — the 26th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 39% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1964, when 20,551 children were given it.
Lora is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Laura and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Lora
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L AO1 R AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Laura
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Laura
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Laura?
- Laura ranks 26th among girls' names in US records, with 856,890 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 9,686.
- Is Laura a unisex name?
- No. Laura is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Laura most popular?
- 1964, when 20,551 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Laura spelled?
- Lora. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.