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How popular is “Laurel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Laurel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Laurel” 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 “Laurel” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Laurel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Laurel” 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
1883 12 0.000055313 12 100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 11 0.000044464 6 5 9%
1889 11 0.000038069 6 5 9%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 100%
1894 16 0.000047241 16 100%
1895 10 0.000028488 5 5 0%
1896 12 0.000033568 6 6 0%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 100%
1898 19 0.000049809 14 5 47%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 100%
1900 10 0.000022209 10 100%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 100%
1902 16 0.000041372 10 6 25%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1904 25 0.00006196 16 9 28%
1905 14 0.000033025 8 6 14%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 100%
1908 23 0.000047069 16 7 39%
1909 18 0.00003521 18 100%
1910 18 0.000030472 12 6 33%
1911 28 0.00004346 17 11 21%
1912 46 0.000046556 23 23 0%
1913 52 0.00004573 30 22 15%
1914 69 0.000048717 33 36 -4%
1915 81 0.000044204 41 40 1%
1916 68 0.000035153 37 31 9%
1917 99 0.000049333 55 44 11%
1918 109 0.000050205 65 44 19%
1919 82 0.000038858 53 29 29%
1920 123 0.000054361 68 55 11%
1921 118 0.000050546 63 55 7%
1922 143 0.000062468 89 54 24%
1923 257 0.000111619 202 55 57%
1924 225 0.000094474 177 48 57%
1925 174 0.000074572 135 39 55%
1926 238 0.000103663 169 69 42%
1927 289 0.000124603 223 66 54%
1928 203 0.000089786 165 38 63%
1929 188 0.00008576 146 42 55%
1930 172 0.000077363 139 33 62%
1931 161 0.000076507 127 34 58%
1932 168 0.000079572 119 49 42%
1933 139 0.000069519 102 37 47%
1934 143 0.000068855 96 47 34%
1935 132 0.000063161 102 30 55%
1936 117 0.000056316 80 37 37%
1937 156 0.000073216 127 29 63%
1938 307 0.000138752 281 26 83%
1939 380 0.000172457 352 28 85%
1940 322 0.000139837 287 35 78%
1941 318 0.000130519 297 21 87%
1942 333 0.000121897 294 39 77%
1943 324 0.000114789 299 25 85%
1944 372 0.000138286 349 23 88%
1945 554 0.000208827 530 24 91%
1946 696 0.000217819 678 18 95%
1947 805 0.000223467 775 30 93%
1948 704 0.000203909 687 17 95%
1949 717 0.000205752 694 23 94%
1950 774 0.000220931 758 16 96%
1951 870 0.000236173 851 19 96%
1952 908 0.000239073 888 20 96%
1953 959 0.000248855 938 21 96%
1954 897 0.000225337 879 18 96%
1955 1006 0.000250555 982 24 95%
1956 1197 0.00029032 1181 16 97%
1957 1132 0.000269386 1123 9 98%
1958 977 0.000236338 965 12 98%
1959 883 0.000212362 874 9 98%
1960 805 0.000193798 789 16 96%
1961 764 0.000184439 757 7 98%
1962 713 0.000176688 700 13 96%
1963 725 0.000183164 717 8 98%
1964 556 0.000143019 544 12 96%
1965 532 0.00014674 524 8 97%
1966 455 0.000130911 444 11 95%
1967 515 0.000151698 506 9 97%
1968 760 0.000224958 752 8 98%
1969 643 0.000185019 632 11 97%
1970 628 0.000174129 622 6 98%
1971 500 0.000145673 494 6 98%
1972 466 0.000148266 466 100%
1973 416 0.00013789 416 100%
1974 353 0.000116118 343 10 94%
1975 313 0.000103663 313 100%
1976 338 0.000111393 330 8 95%
1977 342 0.000107666 337 5 97%
1978 313 0.000098618 313 100%
1979 440 0.000132251 431 9 96%
1980 488 0.000141675 477 11 95%
1981 493 0.000142511 481 12 95%
1982 513 0.000146239 507 6 98%
1983 443 0.000127911 436 7 97%
1984 497 0.000142458 491 6 98%
1985 569 0.000159423 561 8 97%
1986 489 0.000137472 482 7 97%
1987 447 0.000123973 447 100%
1988 493 0.000133422 493 100%
1989 526 0.000136821 526 100%
1990 447 0.000113094 447 100%
1991 432 0.000110904 432 100%
1992 379 0.000098665 374 5 97%
1993 435 0.000115376 426 9 96%
1994 488 0.000131266 488 100%
1995 407 0.000111137 407 100%
1996 376 0.000103093 376 100%
1997 474 0.000130732 474 100%
1998 497 0.00013512 497 100%
1999 444 0.000120199 444 100%
2000 463 0.00012249 463 100%
2001 399 0.000106588 399 100%
2002 375 0.000100313 375 100%
2003 404 0.000106251 404 100%
2004 355 0.000092909 355 100%
2005 332 0.000086349 332 100%
2006 316 0.000079875 316 100%
2007 288 0.000072042 288 100%
2008 272 0.000069199 272 100%
2009 241 0.000063086 241 100%
2010 233 0.000063046 233 100%
2011 282 0.000077096 282 100%
2012 262 0.000071636 262 100%
2013 297 0.000081467 297 100%
2014 340 0.000091734 340 100%
2015 369 0.000099705 369 100%
2016 459 0.000125113 459 100%
2017 504 0.000140932 504 100%
2018 484 0.00013766 484 100%
2019 388 0.000111786 388 100%
2020 415 0.00012423 415 100%
2021 465 0.000137251 465 100%
2022 421 0.000124441 415 6 97%
2023 394 0.00011899 394 100%
2024 386 0.000115968 386 100%

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