Laird
Laird is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 200648 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1888
- 1,901people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,901 boys have been named Laird in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 48 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 48 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1950s alone account for 21%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Laird | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 98 | |
| 1920s | 159 | |
| 1930s | 157 | |
| 1940s | 321 | |
| 1950s | 392 | |
| 1960s | 217 | |
| 1970s | 118 | |
| 1980s | 52 | |
| 1990s | 31 | |
| 2000s | 197 | |
| 2010s | 133 | |
| 2020s | 21 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Laird was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Laird
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lawrancepeak 1950
- Lindellpeak 1949
- Gerardpeak 1956
- Allanpeak 1947
- Waynepeak 1947
- Darwinpeak 1958
- Kennethpeak 1957
- Lindonpeak 1955
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.