Lauren

#401 for girls in 2025, 777 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 98.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1989 · 21,065 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
37 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
475,577
since 1924

Lauren over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #9, 1989girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#401777
2024#351882#12,3495
2023#343900
2022#327987#9,8237
2021#336969#8,1669
2020#2321,278
2019#2021,513#9,7567
2018#1731,705
2017#1481,992#12,2465
2016#1342,325#8,8168
2015#1192,697#9,5687
2014#943,097#9,6427
2013#923,350#7,02611
2012#723,660#6,00114
2011#624,100#8,0799
2010#584,466#8,1399
2009#465,204#9,8647
2008#306,455#6,76312
2007#287,437#4,99618
2006#248,498#5,07217
2005#219,249#3,24131
2004#169,983#2,37647
2003#1511,051#3,73223
2002#1312,327#2,75534
2001#1512,782#3,06129
2000#1114,176#2,99329
1999#1213,911#2,39837
1998#1412,908#3,01726
1997#1413,248#2,26037
1996#1612,595#2,25436
1995#1513,443#1,98842
1994#1415,158#2,04140
1993#1216,194#2,29533
1992#1217,215#1,84444
1991#1318,412#1,42264
1990#1020,506#1,10294
1989#921,065#870134
1988#1119,637#97099
1987#1616,710#896109
1986#1416,684#1,02881
1985#1515,768#839114
1984#2114,475#90095
1983#2412,944#88499
1982#2611,589#1,05075
1981#358,813#1,03777
1980#387,476#1,21457
1979#455,625#1,29151
1978#803,669#1,28649
1977#1142,549#1,64533
1976#1252,216#1,46937
1975#1441,845#1,59332
1974#1871,393#1,61830
1973#2331,096#1,54831
1972#2621,006#1,56630
1971#2611,120#1,23545
1970#2401,308#1,27842
1969#2331,302#1,06453
1968#2431,140#1,18341
1967#2421,187#1,27435
1966#2441,186#1,21638
1965#2361,302#1,00054
1964#2341,376#1,16144
1963#2501,258#96161
1962#2671,122#1,04653
1961#2481,258#1,09751
1960#2391,335#99659
1959#2351,351#1,00459
1958#2251,346#87175
1957#2341,306#97161
1956#287934#94063
1955#298856#89868
1954#313735#85173
1953#343586#88965
1952#364515#74689
1951#406417#74986
1950#393425#79174
1949#370447#79176
1948#387422#79972
1947#390419#71991
1946#370415#72980
1945#354381#78262
1944#1,15346#77465
1943#2,35215#69286
1942#2,11717#83461
1941#3,0309#70277
1940#2,9639#77064
1939#4,2505#67577
1938#67280
1937#62187
1936#80758
1935#3,7426#79860
1934#73369
1933#4,2185#86052
1932#85256
1931#68876
1930#88556
1929#72175
1928#81864
1927#81167
1926#90255
1925#80967
1924#4,4346#82367
1923#96151
1922#86363
1921#79073
1920#81667
1919#79067
1918#78269
1917#93447
1916#97243
1915#94144
1914#81942
1913#93028
1912#1,05919
1911#98212
1910#92812
1909#1,1557
1908
1907#1,2006
1906#1,0047
1905#1,0916
1904#1,2055
1903
1902
1901
1900#9029
1899
1898
1897
1896#1,1015
1895#9786
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890#9945
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884#9715
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1924

The first year at least five girls were named Lauren! It came in at #4,434, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1925–1934, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lauren
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 50 spots since 2024 (#351#401)
  • 169 spots since 2020 (#232#401)
  • 282 spots since 2015 (#119#401)
  • Biggest jump: 799 spots in 1945 (#1,153#354)
  • Biggest drop: 104 spots in 2021 (#232#336)
Rise & fade · girls
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1924
  • Peaked 1989 at #9 (21,065 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: 2 yrs · run 1989–1990
  • Top 100: 37 yrs · run 1978–2014
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1945–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 88
  • Highest: 1 in 88 girls born in 1989 were named Lauren (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,069 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 32.3% of all girls named Lauren (153,590) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s6#4,434 (1924)#4,434
1930s16#3,742 (1935)#4,070
1940s2,180#354 (1945)#1,349
1950s8,471#225 (1958)#310
1960s12,466#233 (1969)#244
1970s21,827#45 (1979)#169
1980s145,161#9 (1989)#21
1990s153,590#10 (1990)#13
2000s97,162#11 (2000)#22
2010s28,905#58 (2010)#115
2020s5,793#232 (2020)#332

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lauren in 1947

girls
#390
419 births · 1 in 4,231 girls
boys
#719
91 births · 1 in 20,105 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #390Lauren419

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #719Lauren91
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 4,231 of them was named Lauren, which outranked 93.6% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lauren
  1. #386Jimmie424
  2. #388Lisa423
  3. #389Fay420
  4. #390Lauren419
  5. #391Marla418
  6. #392Ruthie414
  7. #393Ilene413
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 417Michaele#1,276#859
  2. 385Carlotta#997#612
  3. 332Ricki#1,290#958
  4. 300Daria#1,220#920
  5. 290Ivy#1,087#797
Fallers
  1. 341Merlene#961#1,302
  2. 285Beatriz#985#1,270
  3. 276Ruthanne#874#1,150
  4. 253Estela#897#1,150
  5. 242Verla#885#1,127

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 20,105 of them was named Lauren, which outranked 83.1% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lauren
  1. #715Avery92
  2. #715Nickolas92
  3. #715Timmy92
  4. #719Lauren91
  5. #719Garold91
  6. #719Kenton91
  7. #719Les91
  8. #723Columbus90
  9. #723Lindsey90
  10. #723Normand90

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 1,271Brock#2,271#1,000
  2. 586Shawn#1,509#923
  3. 500Jed#1,475#975
  4. 358Jody#935#577
  5. 355Deryl#1,355#1,000
Fallers
  1. 497Hurley#952#1,449
  2. 393Prentice#878#1,271
  3. 362Darvin#935#1,297
  4. 310Lary#826#1,136
  5. 303Judith#856#1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1947