Laura

given name · English · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Laura is a given name, most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is the 58th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Latin name meaning “laurel”; used sometimes in Ireland.

rarermore common
  • COColombia1 in 137◐
  • ESSpain1 in 193
  • UYUruguay1 in 220

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈1.8M ●

across 16 countries

#181 ●

of 16M given names

Sources
511 ●

4.6M records

Official registry-verified

1 in 193 ◐

Spain

Meaning & origin●

Latin name meaning “laurel”; used sometimes in Ireland.

Sources 1

  • Irish first names

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Laura is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina#582,553,7151.5M rec.—3.3KLaura197
MX Mexico#311,351,949998K rec.——Laura258
US United States#525679,260583K rec.1 in 490679KLaura511
BR Brazil#111484,191△222K rec.1 in 437484KLaura226
CO Colombia#15455,001119K rec.——Laura228
ES Spain#30259,183409K rec.1 in 193259KLaura248
PE Peru#148217,074252K rec.——Laura103
VE Venezuela#165157,16171K rec.——Laura101
FR France—149,215△31 rec.1 in 455149K—6
CL Chile#128146,53414K rec.——Laura124
IT Italy#7997,63098K rec.——Laura225
UY Uruguay#985,70651K rec.——Laura111

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • English8.4M33%
  • Spanish7.2M28%
  • Portuguese4.8M19%
  • French1.1M4%
  • 554K2%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English8,443,83933%
Spanish7,183,61128%
Portuguese4,764,90519%
French1,139,0284%
554,2162%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Laura is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name10M records spelled Laura177 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Danish

    Also written לורה, Loura, Ლაურა, לור, Laurae

  • French given name1.2M records spelled Laura76 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Spain

    Also written Loura, L'Aura, Laùra, Laüra, Lau'Ra

  • a separate given name626K records spelled Laura3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

    Also written Laurà, Laurá

  • Polish given name584K records spelled Laura97 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Kazakhstan, Russia, Czechia

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

    Also written Лаура, Лора, Lora, Лауре, Laure

  • Hungarian given name449K records spelled Laura12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, Finland, United States, Estonia

    Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Läürä, Läurä, Laüra, Lavry, Laùra

  • Indonesian given name44K records spelled Laura6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Spain, Italy

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

    Also written 'Laura, Laura'

  • English given name35K records spelled Laura81 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Laos, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, Lao, Thai

    Also written Lora, Lara, Ლორა, ลอร่า, Läürä

106 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Laura is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, either from the female personal name Laura or a topographic name from Latin laurea ‘laurel (bush or crown)’.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • Latin, ‘laurel’. Aname sometimes used in Ireland.

    as a nameIrish first names

  • In Italian, of uncertain derivation; in some cases, possibly a habitational name from Laura in Badajoz province.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • From Latin; name of Petrarch’s beloved. See main dictionary. Masculine form: Lauro.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • In Italian, Nome di etimologia incerta; attestato anche al maschile per un santo martire in Illiria.

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

05K10K15K20K19001950200019K · 1964

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Laura in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1880–2025
Yearrecords
18801,012
1881962
18821,151
18831,183
18841,246
18851,325
18861,372
18871,364
18881,624
18891,567
18901,634
18911,509
18921,744
18931,683
18941,730
18951,643
18961,665
18971,585
18981,768
18991,472
19001,824
19011,402
19021,559
19031,503
19041,508
19051,566
19061,467
19071,621
19081,558
19091,524
19101,834
19111,790
19122,413
19132,454
19143,059
19153,723
19163,744
19173,807
19184,062
19193,663
19204,171
19213,998
19223,902
19233,710
19243,829
19253,588
19263,373
19273,338
19283,146
19292,936
19302,908
19312,669
19322,748
19332,536
19342,438
19352,358
19362,255
19372,363
19382,442
19392,376
19402,350
19412,274
19422,409
19432,391
19442,244
19453,589
19464,478
19475,051
19484,901
19495,384
19505,725
19516,466
19527,188
19537,628
19548,719
19559,008
195610,570
195712,181
195813,513
195914,528
196017,060
196117,901
196217,490
196318,514
196418,967
196516,218
196615,553
196715,819
196818,741
196917,922
197016,490
197113,875
197211,778
197310,344
19749,716
197510,311
197611,252
197711,318
197811,240
197911,880
198012,916
198113,292
198213,310
198313,199
198414,818
198516,002
198614,172
198713,033
198812,126
198911,740
199010,914
19919,644
19928,311
19937,262
19946,860
19956,008
19965,227
19974,851
19984,298
19993,878
20003,741
20013,563
20023,159
20032,750
20042,555
20052,356
20062,066
20071,844
20081,595
20091,414
20101,214
20111,171
20121,146
20131,029
20141,052
20151,016
2016968
2017948
2018947
2019951
2020871
2021807
2022874
2023846
2024872
2025805

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

1850190019502000Jane Addams, b. 1860Laura Ingalls Wilder, b. 1867Gloria Vanderbilt, b. 1924Laura Antonelli, b. 1941Laura Bush, b. 1946Laura Harring, b. 1964Laura Dern, b. 1967Winona Ryder, b. 1971Emily Blunt, b. 1983Amber Heard, b. 1986
  • Jane Addamsb. 1860USnot in their usual nameAmerican feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer (1860–1935)
  • Laura Ingalls Wilderb. 1867USAmerican children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
  • Gloria Vanderbiltb. 1924USnot in their usual nameAmerican businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writer (1924-2019)
  • Laura Antonellib. 1941ITItalian actress (1941-2015)
  • Laura Bushb. 1946USFirst Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009
  • Laura Harringb. 1964MXMexican actress and Miss USA 1985
  • Laura Dernb. 1967USAmerican actress and producer (born 1967)
  • Winona Ryderb. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
  • Emily Bluntb. 1983GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress (born 1983)
  • Amber Heardb. 1986USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 152 sources across 75 countries.

Official registers attesting Laura
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020679K#53
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022484K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—482K#46
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—259K#18
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—258K#5
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—211K#247
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024149K#310
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)2020117K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—82K#69
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202682K#69
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names202448K#31
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—34K#99

Reference works 7

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 2,334 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Laura?
We estimate roughly 1.8 million people bear Laura (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.
In which country does Laura have the most bearers?
Laura is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled laura.
How common is Laura compared with other names?
In Argentina, Laura is the 58th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.
Is Laura a male or female name?
Laura is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Laura mean?
Recorded meaning: Latin name meaning “laurel”; used sometimes in Ireland.
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Laura” — the 58th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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