LAURA is ranked as the 61st most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 859,543.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 269.57 people named LAURA for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named LAURA is 642,317.
The SSA data also shows that LAURA is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
LAURA is
73.8% White,
12.5% Hispanic origin,
10.2% Black,
1.6% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.3% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name LAURA have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name LAURA is included in the following name categories:
English feminine given name
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Feminine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Romanian feminine given name
German Common surname
Polish feminine given name
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common Danish feminine given name - DST Data
Spanish feminine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name LAURA
The state with the most people named
LAURA is
California where
109,667 people have this name.
Connecticut is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named LAURA, as
337.77 in every 100,000
Connecticuters
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Connecticut is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
District of Columbia
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name LAURA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
37,008
287.31
99.9%
Indiana
16,336
247.64
99.7%
Iowa
8,211
264.28
99.7%
Kansas
6,217
214.07
99.4%
Michigan
31,740
320.29
99.9%
Minnesota
15,575
285.4
99.8%
Missouri
5,212
174.07
99.5%
Nebraska
3,758
199.74
99.0%
North Dakota
1,126
152.24
97.1%
Ohio
28,887
249.15
99.8%
South Dakota
1,450
169.98
97.6%
Wisconsin
17,245
299.52
99.8%
West States
State stats for the first name LAURA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,911
259.43
98.6%
Arizona
16,718
248.36
99.7%
California
109,667
282.63
100.0%
Colorado
15,255
284.84
99.7%
Hawaii
2,426
170.92
99.6%
Idaho
3,256
199.2
99.1%
Montana
2,440
238.34
98.8%
Nevada
6,411
225.8
99.6%
New Mexico
4,846
232.36
99.4%
Oregon
10,389
261.68
99.7%
Utah
6,095
207.12
99.4%
Washington
19,858
281.22
99.9%
Wyoming
1,054
180.38
97.7%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name LAURA
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have LAURA as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named LAURA.
The most popular full name is LAURA Smith.
0.75% of all the people named LAURA
have this family name.
There are 55322 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name LAURA