Laird
Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 46 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,902since 1888
Laird over time
Rank among boys' names. Laird has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #4,131 | 24 |
| 2011 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #4,035 | 25 |
| 2008 | #3,561 | 30 |
| 2007 | #3,444 | 31 |
| 2006 | #2,513 | 48 |
| 2005 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #1,889 | 22 |
| 1969 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1968 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1965 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #1,435 | 30 |
| 1963 | #2,044 | 16 |
| 1962 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1960 | #1,581 | 26 |
| 1959 | #1,324 | 35 |
| 1958 | #1,253 | 38 |
| 1957 | #1,130 | 46 |
| 1956 | #1,298 | 35 |
| 1955 | #1,114 | 44 |
| 1954 | #1,333 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 35 |
| 1952 | #1,055 | 47 |
| 1951 | #1,171 | 38 |
| 1950 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1949 | #1,029 | 46 |
| 1948 | #1,231 | 34 |
| 1947 | #1,297 | 32 |
| 1946 | #1,176 | 35 |
| 1945 | #1,227 | 29 |
| 1944 | #1,235 | 29 |
| 1943 | #1,053 | 41 |
| 1942 | #1,036 | 42 |
| 1941 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,359 | 24 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,233 | 29 |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #1,727 | 21 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
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| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Laird! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Laird is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#526 · 1 in 15,181
- Pennsylvania#536 · 1 in 21,663
- California#622 · 1 in 15,051
Best ever in a state: #357 in Pennsylvania, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #526 | 6 | 1 in 15,181 |
| Pennsylvania | #536 | 5 | 1 in 21,663 |
| California | #622 | 8 | 1 in 15,051 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Laird
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1949 at #1,029 (46 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,170 boys born in 1888 were named Laird (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,029 in 1949, was only 1 in 38,564 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.6% of all boys named Laird (392) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,031 (1888) | #1,031 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 98 | #1,643 (1917) | #1,946 |
| 1920s | 159 | #1,564 (1929) | #2,084 |
| 1930s | 157 | #1,233 (1937) | #1,923 |
| 1940s | 321 | #1,029 (1949) | #1,284 |
| 1950s | 392 | #1,055 (1952) | #1,203 |
| 1960s | 217 | #1,388 (1961) | #1,791 |
| 1970s | 119 | #1,889 (1970) | #3,325 |
| 1980s | 52 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,027 |
| 1990s | 31 | #6,314 (1998) | #7,990 |
| 2000s | 197 | #2,513 (2006) | #5,930 |
| 2010s | 133 | #4,131 (2012) | #6,651 |
| 2020s | 21 | #8,166 (2021) | #9,878 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Laird in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 38,564 of them was named Laird, which outranked 75.5% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,013Theadore47
- #1,013Theodis47
- #1,013Wyman47
- #1,029Laird46
- #1,029Allyn46
- #1,029Benson46
- #1,029Dayton46
- #1,047Arther45
- #1,047Carlyle45
- #1,047Cloyd45
Tied with 17 names at #1,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.