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Baby name
Laurel
Girl
Origin of the name
Laurel comes from the name of the tree, the laurel, from the Latin laurus.
Classic name
47,113births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 241rank at its peak, in 1956
Where babies named Laurel are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Laurel is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Laurel is most common in North Dakota (2.5 times), Washington (2.3) and Oregon (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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