How popular is the name Laurel?

Laurel ranks 558th among girls' names in US records, with 48,754 births since 1883. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,279.

Is Laurel a unisex name?

No. Laurel is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1956, when 1,190 children were given the name. It has been in use for 142 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Loral. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#558 of girl names

Pronounced L AO1 R AH0 L (ARPABET)

Laurel is a girls' name, and first appears in 1883. It has been given to 48,754 children — the 558th most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 49% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 1956, when 1,190 children were given it.

Loral is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1956Girls: 1,190Boys: 16

These spellings sound identical to Laurel and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Laurel?: Laurel ranks 558th among girls' names in US records, with 48,754 births since 1883. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,279.
Is Laurel a unisex name?: No. Laurel is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Laurel most popular?: 1956, when 1,190 children were given the name. It has been in use for 142 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Laurel spelled?: Loral. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.