girls:
1.4k births since 1954
#4362 (24th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1932
#3442 (25th percentile)
overall:
2.5k births since 1932
#5318 (31st percentile)
The name Laramie is the #5,318 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,526 recorded births since 1932. This represents the 31.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,362 (23.7% percentile) for all time with 1,364 births since 1954. For boys, it ranks #3,442 (24.9% percentile) for all time with 1,162 births since 1932.
Laramie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1932 (1932 for boys and 1954 for girls). Birth data for Laramie is available in 60 out of the 92 years between 1932 and 2023 (58 years for boys and 50 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Laramie is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 87.7% of babies named Laramie were girls. Interestingly, until around 1954, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1932 to 1953), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (54.1% girls from 1954 to 2023).
For girls, Laramie reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 22.0% percentile (ranked #739) with 122 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 122 births per million (ranked 22.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Laramie is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #739 (22.0% percentile) with 122 births per million.
For boys, Laramie reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #658) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 22 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Laramie ranks #886 for boys (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 75.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Laramie".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Laramie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.5% confident that Laramie is pronounced as LA-ruh-mee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEH-ruh-mee, at 34.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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