Laurance
Last seen for girls in 1961 at #6,567 · Last seen for boys in 2011 at #10,808
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,932since 1885
Laurance over time
Rank among boys' names. Laurance has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
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| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #4,650 | 14 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,942 | 17 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,910 | 14 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,109 | 15 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,711 | 21 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,613 | 23 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,856 | 18 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,581 | 25 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,659 | 23 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,757 | 21 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | — | #1,273 | 38 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,387 | 32 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,345 | 33 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,715 | 22 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,106 | 47 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,419 | 29 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,200 | 39 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,155 | 41 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,111 | 43 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,261 | 34 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,086 | 42 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,097 | 41 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,047 | 45 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,233 | 35 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,196 | 34 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,204 | 30 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,152 | 33 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,155 | 35 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,139 | 36 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,129 | 34 | |
| 1940 | — | #952 | 45 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,272 | 27 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,559 | 19 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,180 | 31 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,384 | 23 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,226 | 30 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,386 | 24 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,361 | 24 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,253 | 30 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,602 | 21 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,312 | 29 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,707 | 20 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,322 | 31 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,296 | 31 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,745 | 20 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,420 | 27 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,475 | 26 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,694 | 21 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,481 | 24 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,596 | 22 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,335 | 26 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,454 | 22 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,441 | 18 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
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| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Laurance! It came in at #765, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1904, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Laurance
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Biggest jump: 320 spots in 1940 (#1,272 → #952)
- Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1941 (#952 → #1,129)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1885 at #765 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1885–1940
- Highest: 1 in 15,400 boys born in 1885 were named Laurance (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,542 boys born in 2011 (0.00%)
- 19.0% of all boys named Laurance (368) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #765 (1885) | #765 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 21 | #919 (1905) | #1,097 |
| 1910s | 151 | #1,335 (1916) | #1,540 |
| 1920s | 252 | #1,296 (1926) | #1,514 |
| 1930s | 251 | #1,180 (1937) | #1,373 |
| 1940s | 368 | #952 (1940) | #1,130 |
| 1950s | 362 | #1,086 (1950) | #1,279 |
| 1960s | 220 | #1,273 (1960) | #1,774 |
| 1970s | 107 | #2,052 (1971) | #3,301 |
| 1980s | 107 | #2,942 (1987) | #4,115 |
| 1990s | 66 | #4,650 (1998) | #5,906 |
| 2000s | 14 | #8,339 (2001) | #9,105 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,808 (2011) | #10,808 |
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.
Laurance in 1885
Top boys' names in 1885
More about 1885
boys
107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 15,400 of them was named Laurance, which outranked 30.3% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).