Over the past 110 years, 602 boys and 751 174 girls have been named Laura. The name Laura ranks 3155th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Laura in 1948. The peak of popularity of the name Laura came in the 1940s and 1980s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.