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
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 21,065 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 37 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 475,577since 1924
Lauren over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #401 | 777 | — | |
| 2024 | #351 | 882 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #343 | 900 | — | |
| 2022 | #327 | 987 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #336 | 969 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #232 | 1,278 | — | |
| 2019 | #202 | 1,513 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #173 | 1,705 | — | |
| 2017 | #148 | 1,992 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #134 | 2,325 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #119 | 2,697 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #94 | 3,097 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #92 | 3,350 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #72 | 3,660 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #62 | 4,100 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #58 | 4,466 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #46 | 5,204 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #30 | 6,455 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #28 | 7,437 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #24 | 8,498 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #21 | 9,249 | #3,241 | 31 |
| 2004 | #16 | 9,983 | #2,376 | 47 |
| 2003 | #15 | 11,051 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #13 | 12,327 | #2,755 | 34 |
| 2001 | #15 | 12,782 | #3,061 | 29 |
| 2000 | #11 | 14,176 | #2,993 | 29 |
| 1999 | #12 | 13,911 | #2,398 | 37 |
| 1998 | #14 | 12,908 | #3,017 | 26 |
| 1997 | #14 | 13,248 | #2,260 | 37 |
| 1996 | #16 | 12,595 | #2,254 | 36 |
| 1995 | #15 | 13,443 | #1,988 | 42 |
| 1994 | #14 | 15,158 | #2,041 | 40 |
| 1993 | #12 | 16,194 | #2,295 | 33 |
| 1992 | #12 | 17,215 | #1,844 | 44 |
| 1991 | #13 | 18,412 | #1,422 | 64 |
| 1990 | #10 | 20,506 | #1,102 | 94 |
| 1989 | #9 | 21,065 | #870 | 134 |
| 1988 | #11 | 19,637 | #970 | 99 |
| 1987 | #16 | 16,710 | #896 | 109 |
| 1986 | #14 | 16,684 | #1,028 | 81 |
| 1985 | #15 | 15,768 | #839 | 114 |
| 1984 | #21 | 14,475 | #900 | 95 |
| 1983 | #24 | 12,944 | #884 | 99 |
| 1982 | #26 | 11,589 | #1,050 | 75 |
| 1981 | #35 | 8,813 | #1,037 | 77 |
| 1980 | #38 | 7,476 | #1,214 | 57 |
| 1979 | #45 | 5,625 | #1,291 | 51 |
| 1978 | #80 | 3,669 | #1,286 | 49 |
| 1977 | #114 | 2,549 | #1,645 | 33 |
| 1976 | #125 | 2,216 | #1,469 | 37 |
| 1975 | #144 | 1,845 | #1,593 | 32 |
| 1974 | #187 | 1,393 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | #233 | 1,096 | #1,548 | 31 |
| 1972 | #262 | 1,006 | #1,566 | 30 |
| 1971 | #261 | 1,120 | #1,235 | 45 |
| 1970 | #240 | 1,308 | #1,278 | 42 |
| 1969 | #233 | 1,302 | #1,064 | 53 |
| 1968 | #243 | 1,140 | #1,183 | 41 |
| 1967 | #242 | 1,187 | #1,274 | 35 |
| 1966 | #244 | 1,186 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1965 | #236 | 1,302 | #1,000 | 54 |
| 1964 | #234 | 1,376 | #1,161 | 44 |
| 1963 | #250 | 1,258 | #961 | 61 |
| 1962 | #267 | 1,122 | #1,046 | 53 |
| 1961 | #248 | 1,258 | #1,097 | 51 |
| 1960 | #239 | 1,335 | #996 | 59 |
| 1959 | #235 | 1,351 | #1,004 | 59 |
| 1958 | #225 | 1,346 | #871 | 75 |
| 1957 | #234 | 1,306 | #971 | 61 |
| 1956 | #287 | 934 | #940 | 63 |
| 1955 | #298 | 856 | #898 | 68 |
| 1954 | #313 | 735 | #851 | 73 |
| 1953 | #343 | 586 | #889 | 65 |
| 1952 | #364 | 515 | #746 | 89 |
| 1951 | #406 | 417 | #749 | 86 |
| 1950 | #393 | 425 | #791 | 74 |
| 1949 | #370 | 447 | #791 | 76 |
| 1948 | #387 | 422 | #799 | 72 |
| 1947 | #390 | 419 | #719 | 91 |
| 1946 | #370 | 415 | #729 | 80 |
| 1945 | #354 | 381 | #782 | 62 |
| 1944 | #1,153 | 46 | #774 | 65 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | #692 | 86 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | #834 | 61 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #702 | 77 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #770 | 64 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #675 | 77 |
| 1938 | — | #672 | 80 | |
| 1937 | — | #621 | 87 | |
| 1936 | — | #807 | 58 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #798 | 60 |
| 1934 | — | #733 | 69 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #860 | 52 |
| 1932 | — | #852 | 56 | |
| 1931 | — | #688 | 76 | |
| 1930 | — | #885 | 56 | |
| 1929 | — | #721 | 75 | |
| 1928 | — | #818 | 64 | |
| 1927 | — | #811 | 67 | |
| 1926 | — | #902 | 55 | |
| 1925 | — | #809 | 67 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #823 | 67 |
| 1923 | — | #961 | 51 | |
| 1922 | — | #863 | 63 | |
| 1921 | — | #790 | 73 | |
| 1920 | — | #816 | 67 | |
| 1919 | — | #790 | 67 | |
| 1918 | — | #782 | 69 | |
| 1917 | — | #934 | 47 | |
| 1916 | — | #972 | 43 | |
| 1915 | — | #941 | 44 | |
| 1914 | — | #819 | 42 | |
| 1913 | — | #930 | 28 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,059 | 19 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1989 at #9 (21,065 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: 2 yrs · run 1989–1990
- Top 100: 37 yrs · run 1978–2014
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1945–2025
- Highest: 1 in 88 girls born in 1989 were named Lauren (1.1%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,069 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 32.3% of all girls named Lauren (153,590) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,434 (1924) | #4,434 |
| 1930s | 16 | #3,742 (1935) | #4,070 |
| 1940s | 2,180 | #354 (1945) | #1,349 |
| 1950s | 8,471 | #225 (1958) | #310 |
| 1960s | 12,466 | #233 (1969) | #244 |
| 1970s | 21,827 | #45 (1979) | #169 |
| 1980s | 145,161 | #9 (1989) | #21 |
| 1990s | 153,590 | #10 (1990) | #13 |
| 2000s | 97,162 | #11 (2000) | #22 |
| 2010s | 28,905 | #58 (2010) | #115 |
| 2020s | 5,793 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 285 of them was named Lauren, which outranked 99.6% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 33,756 of them was named Lauren, which outranked 81.7% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,270Thor52
- #1,270Tito52
- #1,270Tyrus52
- #1,291Lauren51
- #1,291Ammon51
- #1,291Bilal51
- #1,291Konstantinos51
- #1,304Bucky50
- #1,304Burt50
- #1,304Cooper50
Tied with 12 names at #1,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.