The table below indicates the number of times the name Laurel has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Laurel
Use of the Name Laurel for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
564
0
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Laurel has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Laurel first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1883, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Laurel
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1883
571
12
1884
977
6
1885
1886
947
7
1887
1000
5
1888
1889
1890
1891
925
10
1892
940
11
1893
1894
768
16
1895
1896
1897
1898
943
14
1899
1900
1901
870
15
1902
1903
1904
849
9
924
16
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
955
23
1913
1914
941
35
1915
1916
1917
989
44
938
55
1918
889
65
1919
975
54
1920
943
54
888
67
1921
964
53
927
64
1922
937
56
776
88
1923
925
55
486
202
1924
547
177
1925
635
134
1926
788
69
538
168
1927
823
66
466
223
1928
543
164
1929
567
146
1930
579
140
1931
590
126
1932
930
49
600
119
1933
652
102
1934
934
46
685
96
1935
652
102
1936
751
80
1937
597
127
1938
397
282
1939
339
352
1940
404
287
1941
398
298
1942
421
293
1943
426
298
1944
378
350
1945
297
532
1946
282
675
1947
277
775
1948
292
686
1949
293
693
1950
281
759
1951
269
849
1952
269
886
1953
268
935
1954
286
878
1955
276
983
1956
241
1,180
1957
255
1,122
1958
287
962
1959
312
876
1960
334
788
1961
345
758
1962
358
699
1963
355
716
1964
416
545
1965
405
524
1966
444
444
1967
414
507
1968
318
752
1969
369
632
1970
382
621
1971
422
496
1972
418
464
1973
448
418
1974
506
343
1975
548
314
1976
533
329
1977
537
337
1978
559
313
1979
467
430
1980
447
478
1981
449
478
1982
431
507
1983
464
434
1984
427
492
1985
402
560
1986
445
484
1987
482
447
1988
455
493
1989
461
526
1990
531
447
1991
539
433
1992
608
374
1993
562
424
1994
508
488
1995
568
406
1996
610
374
1997
510
474
1998
509
497
1999
566
444
2000
565
461
2001
629
397
2002
672
375
2003
655
403
2004
738
353
Totals:
564
39,236
During the last 125 years, parents have used Laurel as a boy's name about 1% of the time and more frequently (about 98% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Laurel appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 13 times during the last 125 years.