Laura
188
Babies in 2024
-46%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 3.58k
-4%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Laura
Laura peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (3,582 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 188 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Laura reached its peak in 1996, when 3,582 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #17 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 188 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 23,471 girls have been officially registered with the name Laura in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 3,272 girls were registered with the name, starting from 349 in 2014 and ending at 188 in 2024.