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How popular is “Laural” in the USA?

Number of people named “Laural” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Laural” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Laural” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Laural” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Laural” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Laural” by birth year

This chart shows how “Laural” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1918 5 0.000002303 5 100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 100%
1946 19 0.000005946 19 100%
1947 20 0.000005552 20 100%
1948 18 0.000005214 18 100%
1949 21 0.000006026 21 100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 100%
1951 25 0.000006787 25 100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 100%
1953 24 0.000006228 24 100%
1954 20 0.000005024 20 100%
1955 25 0.000006227 25 100%
1956 30 0.000007276 30 100%
1957 52 0.000012375 52 100%
1958 32 0.000007741 32 100%
1959 20 0.00000481 20 100%
1960 31 0.000007463 31 100%
1961 34 0.000008208 34 100%
1962 26 0.000006443 26 100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 100%
1964 22 0.000005659 22 100%
1965 22 0.000006068 22 100%
1966 20 0.000005754 20 100%
1967 18 0.000005302 18 100%
1968 22 0.000006512 22 100%
1969 19 0.000005467 19 100%
1970 25 0.000006932 25 100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 100%
1981 11 0.00000318 11 100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 100%
1989 10 0.000002601 10 100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%

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