Lauren

Where Lauren comes from

Latin clipping of Laurentius. Doublet of Laurence.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lauren
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1924
    First appearance
    #4,434 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1945
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1967
    Lauren Graham born
    American actress, producer and novelist
  4. 1982
    Lauren Cohan born
    American-British actress
  5. 1989
    Peak, #9
    21,065 babies named Lauren — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #16.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Laurence; feminine of Lawrence
  • A male given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Laurence.
Namesakes
  • Lauren Graham · American actress, producer and novelist, born 1967
  • Lauren Cohan · American-British actress, born 1982
  • Lauren Holly · American actress, born 1963
  • Lauren German · American actress, born 1978
  • Lauren Hutton · American model, actress, and entrepreneur, born 1943

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.