Laury
Laury is a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Laury
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Laury is a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Laury
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Laury as a girl name dates back to 1941, when 5 babies received it. 1960 was its biggest year on record, with 80 newborns named Laury — #1,220 in the national rankings. About 35% of every Laury on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Laury last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 874 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Laury as a boy name dates back to 1922, when 6 babies received it. 1953 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Laury — #3,143 in the national rankings. About 55% of every Laury on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Laury last appeared in the published SSA data in 1959, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 51 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Laury
Laury is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1941 and has accumulated 874 births in the dataset. Laury's peak popularity came in 1960 when it ranked #1,220. Use the chart and map above to compare Laury's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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