How Many People Are Named Laurita?
An estimated 345 people in the United States have the first name Laurita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 65 years old, and Laurita peaked in popularity in 1954 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Laurita 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 Laurita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
345
About 1 in 993,491 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
65
years old
Peak Year
1954
26 births
Total Registered
629
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Laurita
Laurita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 629 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Laurita as a female name
Ranked #10,018 in 1992
8 female births in 1992
Peak: 1954 (26 births)
Laurita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Laurita span from the 1910s to the 1990s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 176 babies were registered. Laurita has declined significantly from its peak in the 1950s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Laurita by Decade
How has Laurita 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.
Laurita by State
Laurita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Laurita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Laurita
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Laurita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Laurita?
We estimate approximately 345 people named Laurita 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 993,491 Americans share this first name.
Is Laurita a common name?
Laurita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 629 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Laurita most popular?
Laurita reached peak popularity in 1954, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Laurita is approximately 65 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Laurita a female name?
Laurita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Laurita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Laurita Smith, Laurita Johnson, Laurita 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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