Laurel
25
Babies in 2024
+4%
10-year change
1998
Peak · 30
+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 Laurel
Laurel peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (30 babies in 1998) and has remained in active use — 25 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Laurel reached its peak in 1998, when 30 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #758 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 25 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 575 girls have been officially registered with the name Laurel in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 245 girls were registered with the name, starting from 24 in 2014 and ending at 25 in 2024.