Recorded 1882–2025 · United States
Laurie was most popular in 1962, when 10,706 American babies were given the name — ranking #80 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,960, with 60 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 168,442 people named Laurie.
Laurie first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1882, which makes it about 143 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 142 of the 144 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 168,442 American births named Laurie between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 145,584 are estimated to be alive today.
60 American babies were named Laurie in 2025, ranking #4,960 that year.
Laurie is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 51 births a year, against 57 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -11% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Laurie is a girl’s name — 98.8% of the 168,442 Americans given it were girls and 1.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 1927 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 145,584 Americans named Laurie are alive today — 86% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 63 years old, and half are between 56 and 67. That is a narrow band: Laurie arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Latin · from Laura, "laurel"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org