Laura

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Laura is a traditionally feminine given name in Europe and the Americas, of Latin origin, whose meaning is a metonym for a victor, and an early hypocorism from Laurel and Lauren.

From Wikipedia

Laura first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1995 with 1,164 babies (rank #1 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Laura

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Laura yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

26,400
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
1,164
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195244#283
195349#264
195446#275
195536#328
195650#277
195754#265
195861#242
195952#278
196060#253
196185#201
1962108#168
1963104#175
1964128#145
1965123#149
1966112#162
1967135#142
1968137#146
1969146#145
1970167#121
1971192#108
1972220#87
1973190#90
1974218#80
1975223#77
1976259#61
1977265#60
1978293#57
1979368#43
1980433#33
1981484#28
1982509#18
1983539#15
1984637#11
1985623#12
1986795#6
1987745#7
1988857#7
1989964#3
1990955#2
19911,015#1
1992977#2
1993972#3
19941,127#1
19951,164#1
19961,152#1
1997999#2
1998865#6
1999791#9
2000720#14
2001663#15
2002626#18
2003561#23
2004439#33
2005419#29
2006433#24
2007382#32
2008363#34
2009298#45
2010257#57
2011215#69
2012203#68
2013161#91
2014132#108