Laurel
Top 1000
About Laurel
Laurel takes Laura back to its meaning in nature, resulting in a gentle, botanical option. Even more directly than Laura, Laurel relates back to the laurel wreath signifying success and peace in ancient Greece and Rome.
Sweet Laurel has been the unlikely name of two DC Comics superheroes—Laurel Kent and Laurel Gand, aka Andromeda.
Laurel received its highest ranking in 1956, when it reached Number 241. It may be due for a resurgence, thanks to the trend for girls' names starting with L. Beware though, that it has the likelihood of being mistaken for Laura and Lauren.
As of October 2026, Laurel ranked #734 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #241 in 1956, Nameberry popularity #462.
Editor's take: The name Laurel is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "laurel tree".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #816 | 340 | 190.3 |
| 2015 | #767 | 369 | 206.7 |
| 2016 | #643 | 459 | 259 |
| 2017 | #598 | 504 | 291.9 |
| 2018 | #622 | 484 | 284.5 |
| 2019 | #728 | 388 | 231.2 |
| 2020 | #685 | 415 | 256.7 |
| 2021 | #637 | 465 | 283.4 |
| 2022 | #710 | 415 | 253 |
| 2023 | #715 | 394 | 245.5 |
| 2024 | #728 | 386 | 238.2 |
| 2025 | #734 | 372 | 231.4 |
World rankings
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Laurel on lists
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Laurel in pop culture
- Dinah Laurel Lance aka Black Canary
character from DC comics
- Laurel Banning
character in American soap "All My Children"
- Laurel Darkhaven
character in comic book series Rising Stars
- Laurel
Ann Drummond, a character in the horror film "Pontypool"
- Laurel Kent
character in DC Comics
- Laurel Mercer
character on TV's "The Lying Game"
- Laurel Sommersby
character in film "Sommersby"
- Laurel Limoges
character on TV's "Privileged"
- Laurel
main character in "Wings" by Aprilynne Pike
- Laurel Scott
character in film "The Oscar"
- Laurel Thomas
character on British soap "Emmerdale"
- Laurel Yeung
character on TV's "Edgemont"
- Laurel Stevenson
character in novella/TV movie "The Langoliers"
- Laurel Weaver aka Agent L
mortician in the Men in Black films
- Laurel Gray
character in book/film "In a Lonely Place"
- Laurel
character in "10,000 Dresses"
- Laurel Gand
character in DC Comics
- Mountain Laurel
character in video game "Dust: A Tale of the Wired West"
- Laurel Castillo
character on TV's "How to Get Away with Murder"
- Laurel Lee
character on TV's "Recovery Road"
- Laurel
Maryland
- Mount Laurel
New Jersey
- Laurel
Montana
- Laurel Canyon Blvd.
Los Angeles, Ca.
- Dinah Laurel Lance
character on “Arrow”
- Laurel Park
character in Jenny Han's "The Summer I Turned Pretty"