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How popular is the name Laurel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Laurels are alive today.
Laurel (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1719th in 2025 and given to 17 babies. The name peaked in 1998, when 30 babies were given the name, the 758th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2017, with 27 babies given the name that year.
The Laurel you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old - or else around 8: the name has two living generations. Half of all Laurels born in England and Wales are between 9 and 30, and there are at least 770 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Laurel - on average, only one in every 410 such rooms contains a Laurel.
How many babies are named Laurel each year?
Where does Laurel rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Laurel most popular?
Laurel peaked in 1998, when 30 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Laurel?
At least 770 people named Laurel born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Laurel?
Most living Laurels are between 9 and 30; the most common age is about 27. There is a second cluster around 8.
Is Laurel becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.