UK girl's name
Laura-Jane
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2014. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Laura-Jane is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Laura-Jane popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2014 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5691, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 15 births.
This profile covers 53 England and Wales registrations across 9 recorded years from 1996 to 2014. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 20% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 112 living people in the UK are called Laura-Jane. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2015 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Laura-Jane ranked #5691 for girls in England and Wales in 2014, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1996, when 15 girls were registered as Laura-Jane.
- • Laura-Jane ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #629 in 1994.
- • About 112 living people in the UK are estimated to have Laura-Jane as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5691
2014
Births in 2014
3
Latest year
Peak year
1996
15 births
Estimated living
112
2026
Popularity
Laura-Jane over time
The chart below shows babies named Laura-Jane registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2014. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Laura-Jane, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2014, compared with 15 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Laura-Jane by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Laura-Jane was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #5215 | 7 | 2 |
| 2000s | #3085 | 14 | 3 |
| 1990s | #2277 | 32 | 4 |
Geography
Where Laura-Jane is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Laura-Jane. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Laura-Jane ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #629 in 1994.
Across the UK
Laura-Jane in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#629 in 1994
12 years of NRS records, 60 total registered
Related
Names similar to Laura-Jane
- Lily 72,956
- Lucy 70,663
- Lauren 50,664
- Leah 33,185
- Lola 24,525
- Layla 24,520
- Laura 23,471
- Lilly 21,714
- Lydia 18,353
- Libby 14,515
- Lara 13,415
- Lacey 13,406
FAQ
Laura-Jane: questions and answers
How popular is the name Laura-Jane in the UK right now?
In 2014, Laura-Jane was ranked #5691 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Laura-Jane most popular?
The peak year on record was 1996, with 15 babies registered as Laura-Jane in England and Wales.
How many people are called Laura-Jane in the UK?
A total of 53 babies have been registered as Laura-Jane across the 9 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 60 more in Scotland.
Where is Laura-Jane most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Laura-Jane ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #629 in 1994. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.