Laura
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Laura
Laura is a hauntingly evocative perennial, never trendy, never dated, feminine without being fussy, with long-standing literary links. All this makes Laura a more solid choice than any of its more decorative counterparts and one of the most classic girl names starting with L.
Laura has ranked on the popular names list since official US records have been kept. A frequent Top 20 name from 1963 to 1986, reaching Number 10 in 1969, Laura remained in the Top 100—minus a brief stretch from 1935 to 1944—until as recently as 2001.
The meaning of the name, laurel, implies victory via the laurel wreath worn by Olympic athletes and Roman emperors. It was first made famous by the Laura to whom the Italian Renaissance poet Petrarch dedicated many of his love poems and was later used by Dickens in Bleak House.
Well known Lauras include First Lady Bush, Little House writer Ingalls Wilder, designer Ashley, and actors Dern and Linney.
Laura is also given to boys.
Pronounced LOR-ah.
As of October 2026, Laura ranked #379 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #10 in 1969, Nameberry popularity #241.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #315 | 1,052 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #320 | 1,016 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #346 | 968 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #339 | 948 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #339 | 946 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #337 | 951 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #357 | 868 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #389 | 805 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #363 | 873 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #362 | 845 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #359 | 868 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #379 | 805 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Laura on lists
Famous Lauras
- Laura Ingalls WilderGirl
American Pioneer and children's novelist
- Laura Lane Welch BushGirl
U.S. First Lady as wife of President George W. Bush
- Laura PreponGirl
American actress
- Laura Leggett LinneyGirl
American actress
- Laura Elizabeth DernGirl
American actress
- Laura KaeppelerGirl
Miss America 2012
- Laura Beatrice MarlingGirl
English singer,songwriter
- Laura Elizabeth CarmichaelGirl
English actress
- Laura MaranoGirl
American actress
- Laura AllenGirl
American actress
- Laura Sioux KirkpatrickGirl
American model
- Laura Ilene BenantiGirl
American actress
- Laura FraserGirl
Scottish actress
- LauraGirl
Leigh, (born Laura Leigh Moser), American actress
- Laura Ann OsnesGirl
American actress and singer
- Laura MennellGirl
Canadian actress
- Laura Anne IngrahamGirl
American radio host
- authorGirl
and political commentator
- Laura Ewa ŁączGirl
Polish actress
- Laura SamojłowiczGirl
Polish actress
- Laura Colleen Gloria AllewayGirl
Australian soccer players
- Laura BassettGirl
English football player
- Laura Stéphanie GeorgesGirl
French football player
- Laura Anna BenkarthGirl
German football player
- Laura del Rio GarciaGirl
Spanish football player
- Laura Willingham BaileyGirl
Voice actor and player on the dnd show Critical Role
- Laura ZengGirl
American rhythmic gymnast
- Laura HalfordGirl
British rhythmic gymnast
- Laura PergolizziGirl
American singer,songwriter who goes by LP
- Laura SalesGirl
Portuguese rhythmic gymnast
- Laura PausiniGirl
Italian singer
- Laura BragatoGirl
Beautiful Italian Model
Laura in pop culture
- Laura HoltGirl
character on TV's "Remington Steele"
- Laura WingfieldGirl
character in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
- Laura RoslinGirl
character on TV's "Battlestar Galactica"
- Laura PetrieGirl
character on "The Dick van Dyke Show"
- Laura PalmerGirl
character on TV series/film "Twin Peaks"
- Laura WinslowGirl
character on TV's "Family Matters"
- Laura SpencerGirl
character on American soap "General Hospital"
- LauraGirl
character in video game Silent Hill 2
- Laura ProekGirl
character on "Fortysomething"
- Laura HellingerGirl
character on TV series "The Good Wife"
- Laura HollisGirl
character on the web,series, "Carmilla"
- Laura ChaseGirl
character in "The Blind Assassin" by Margaret Atwood
- Laura "XGirl
23" Kinney, character in "X,Men"
- Laura VictorianoGirl
character in the video game "The Evil Within"
- Laura Moon (nee McCabe)Girl
character in book and TV series "American Gods"
- "Tell Laura I Love HerGirl
" song by Ray Peterson
- "LauraGirl
" song by Scissor Sisters
- "LauraGirl
" song by Bat For Lashes
- LauraGirl
a character from the 3DS game "Fantasy Life"
- Laura BowGirl
main protagonist of her eponymous Sierra adventure game series
- Laura HardyGirl
the mother of the Hardy Boys
- Laura VanderboomGirl
character in the Cube Escape and Rusty lake series
- Laura LawrenceGirl
character in series "Cobra Kai"
- Laura Lawrence-WeinbergGirl
character in film "The Karate Kid"
- LauraGirl
character in series "Friends"
Variations & nicknames
More nicknames
- LarancaGirl
- LareaGirl
- LariGirl
- LauraleeGirl
- LaureenGirl
- LaurelGirl
- LaurellaGirl
- LaurelleGirl
- LaurenGirl
- LaurenaGirl
- LaurenceGirl
- LaureneGirl
- LaurentineGirl
- LaurestineGirl
- LaurethaGirl
- LaurettaGirl
- LauriGirl
- LaurianeGirl
- LaurianneGirl
- LauriciaGirl
- LaurieGirl
- LaurinaGirl
- LawraGirl
- LollieGirl
- LollyGirl
- LoreeGirl
- LoreenGirl
- LorelleGirl
- LorenGirl
- LorenaGirl
- LoreneGirl
- LorettaGirl
- LoretteGirl
- LoreyGirl
- LoriGirl
- LorieGirl
- LorindaGirl
- LorineGirl
- LorisGirl
- LornaGirl
- LorrettaGirl
- LorriGirl
- LorrieGirl
- LorryGirl