How Many People Are Named Laure?
An estimated 1,307 people in the United States have the first name Laure. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 59 years old, and Laure peaked in popularity in 1959 with 102 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Laure as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Laure paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,307
About 1 in 262,245 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
59
years old
Peak Year
1959
102 births
Total Registered
1,717
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Laure
Laure is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,717 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Laure as a female name
Ranked #16,930 in 2019
5 female births in 2019
Peak: 1959 (102 births)
Laure: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Laure span from the 1880s to the 2010s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 606 babies were registered. Laure has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Laure by Decade
How has Laure tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Laure by State
Birth registrations for Laure span all 14 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, Michigan. The lowest are in Ohio, Connecticut, North Dakota. On average, about 33 Laures were registered per state.
Laure + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Laure as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Laure
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Laure: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Laure?
We estimate approximately 1,307 people named Laure are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 262,245 Americans share this first name.
Is Laure a common name?
Laure is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,717 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Laure most popular?
Laure reached peak popularity in 1959, when 102 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Laure is approximately 59 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Laure a female name?
Laure is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Laure Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Laure Smith, Laure Johnson, Laure Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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