Girls' name · peaked in 1962
Laurie name popularity since 1925
167,273 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Laurie (99.1% girls, 0.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1962 or earlier, so the typical Laurie is about 64 years old in 2026. Laurie peaked in 1962 as the #42 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 167,273
- Named Laurie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,842 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.1% girls
- 165,751 girls · 1,522 boys
- Most popular in
- Vermont
- 3.20× its national share
Peak year is the year Laurie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Laurie births per year, 1925–2025
1962 was the biggest year for Laurie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1948 and 1953, Laurie became 4.1× more common, from 1 in 2,110 baby girls to 1 in 510.
- Steepest fall: Between 1985 and 1990, its share of baby girls fell by 60%, from 1 in 2,210 to 1 in 5,500.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Laurie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Laurie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Laurie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 231 | 169 | – |
| 1930s | 734 | 317 | #836 |
| 1940s | 5,222 | 319 | #285 |
| 1950s | 46,964 | 285 | #91 |
| 1960s | 74,451 | 268 | #60 |
| 1970s | 26,101 | 130 | #125 |
| 1980s | 8,326 | 29 | #311 |
| 1990s | 2,026 | 5 | #1,077 |
| 2000s | 844 | 0 | #1,977 |
| 2010s | 555 | 0 | #2,539 |
| 2020–25 | 297 | 0 | #2,842 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
59.4% of babies named Laurie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Laurie is most popular
The index compares Laurie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Laurie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 3.20× | 878 |
| Maine | 2.96× | 2,088 |
| Rhode Island | 2.23× | 1,301 |
| Massachusetts | 2.17× | 8,515 |
| Connecticut | 2.13× | 3,810 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Laurie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Laurie (this page) | 165,751 | 1962 |
| Lauri | 11,063 | 1961 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Laurie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Laurie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Laurie (1962).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data