Laurel

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Laurel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Laurel: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #758, and it stood at #1,302 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#758highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#848
1997	#983
1998	#758
1999	#842
2000	#852
2001	#1728
2002	#1192
2003	#1472
2004	#1106
2005	#1343
2006	#2137
2007	#1573
2008	#1914
2009	#1325
2010	#2392
2011	#2275
2012	#1809
2013	#1360
2014	#1341
2015	#1405
2016	#1472
2017	#1258
2018	#1526
2019	#1292
2020	#1507
2021	#1785
2022	#1556
2023	#1325
2024	#1302

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #848 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #758 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1302 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Laurel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Laurel in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	103	4 of 10	26
2000s	166	10 of 10	17
2010s	202	10 of 10	20
2020sbusiest	104	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Laurel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #758 in England and Wales in 1998.

Laurel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1302	25	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1325	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1785	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1507	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1292	25	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1526	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1258	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1472	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1405	23	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1341	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1360	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1325	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1343	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1106	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1192	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#852	26	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#842	26	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#758	30	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#983	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#848	26	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #758, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,302position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
30births registered in its largest year, 199825 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ellouise · #758, 28y
Huma · #758, 28y
Kairon · #758, 26y
Obi · #758, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alexie · #758, 19y
Dannii · #758, 18y
Ellouise · #758, 28y
Emilly · #758, 29y

Laurel was ranked #758 in England and Wales · Girls in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Laurel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Laurel without appearing here.

Laurel moved ahead of

Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1809 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1360 and #4739.
Judith Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1809 and #1809 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1360 and #2887.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1556 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1325 and #2689.
Shauna Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1809 and #1525 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1360 and #2649.

Moved ahead of Laurel

Frida Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1325 and #1526 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #1218.
Alma Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1343 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2137 and #1087.
Mina Compare
In 2000 they stood at #852 and #1095 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1728 and #835.
Aurora Compare
In 2000 they stood at #852 and #969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1728 and #936.

Moved the opposite way to Laurel

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laurel went from #848 to #1302 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laurel went from #848 to #1302 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laurel went from #848 to #1302 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laurel went from #848 to #1302 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Laurel

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laurel went from #848 to #1302 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laurel went from #848 to #1302 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laurel went from #848 to #1302 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Laurel went from #848 to #1302 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #758 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Laurel

Laurel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Laurel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Laurel at a glance

Laurel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Laurel

Laurel and the names beside it

Laurel moved ahead of

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