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Baby name
Laura
Girl
Origin of the name
Laura comes from the Latin laurus, “laurel.” The Italian poet Petrarch wrote his love poems for a woman named Laura.
Classic name
801,811births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 14rank at its peak, in 1964
Where babies named Laura are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Laura is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Laura is most common in Connecticut (1.3 times), Alaska (1.3) and Vermont (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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