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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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.

Where Lauren is popular in 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #100 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 302 girlsAKMaine: #36 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 160 girlsMEVermont: #63 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 178 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #69 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 243 girlsNHWashington: #61 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 333 girlsWAIdaho: #78 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 319 girlsIDMontana: #62 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 222 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #42 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 169 girlsNDMinnesota: #24 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 159 girlsMNIllinois: #51 for girls · 205 births · 1 in 297 girlsILWisconsin: #27 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 189 girlsWIMichigan: #27 for girls · 213 births · 1 in 195 girlsMINew York: #63 for girls · 236 births · 1 in 394 girlsNYMassachusetts: #67 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 341 girlsMARhode Island: #110 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 375 girlsRIOregon: #81 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 368 girlsORNevada: #119 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 455 girlsNVWyoming: #74 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 212 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #67 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 232 girlsSDIowa: #26 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 181 girlsIAIndiana: #70 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 357 girlsINOhio: #47 for girls · 193 births · 1 in 268 girlsOHPennsylvania: #59 for girls · 175 births · 1 in 302 girlsPANew Jersey: #73 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 380 girlsNJConnecticut: #51 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 230 girlsCTCalifornia: #94 for girls · 447 births · 1 in 472 girlsCAUtah: #96 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 404 girlsUTColorado: #92 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 423 girlsCONebraska: #29 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 188 girlsNEMissouri: #50 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 268 girlsMOKentucky: #105 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 471 girlsKYWest Virginia: #52 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 228 girlsWVVirginia: #62 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 310 girlsVAMaryland: #64 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 280 girlsMDDelaware: #92 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 297 girlsDEArizona: #94 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 445 girlsAZNew Mexico: #96 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 372 girlsNMKansas: #35 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 235 girlsKSArkansas: #95 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 391 girlsARTennessee: #66 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 337 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #60 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 326 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #34 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 203 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #57 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 198 girlsDCOklahoma: #92 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 445 girlsOKLouisiana: #80 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 371 girlsLAMississippi: #52 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 262 girlsMSAlabama: #43 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 252 girlsALGeorgia: #41 for girls · 184 births · 1 in 261 girlsGAHawaii: #99 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 323 girlsHITexas: #68 for girls · 398 births · 1 in 401 girlsTXFlorida: #61 for girls · 225 births · 1 in 354 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#24 · 1 in 159
  2. Iowa#26 · 1 in 181
  3. Wisconsin#27 · 1 in 189
  4. Michigan#27 · 1 in 195
  5. Nebraska#29 · 1 in 188

Best ever in a state: #4 in Delaware, 1982.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#241531 in 159
Iowa#26711 in 181
Michigan#272131 in 195
Wisconsin#271241 in 189
Nebraska#29421 in 188
South Carolina#34871 in 203
Kansas#35571 in 235
Maine#36241 in 160
Georgia#411841 in 261
North Dakota#42161 in 169
Alabama#43751 in 252
Ohio#471931 in 268
Missouri#501021 in 268
Connecticut#51531 in 230
Illinois#512051 in 297
Mississippi#52421 in 262
West Virginia#52291 in 228
District of Columbia#57151 in 198
Pennsylvania#591751 in 302
North Carolina#601381 in 326
Florida#612251 in 354
Washington#61911 in 333
Montana#62131 in 222
Virginia#621151 in 310
New York#632361 in 394
Vermont#6371 in 178
Maryland#64871 in 280
Tennessee#66871 in 337
Massachusetts#67751 in 341
South Dakota#67131 in 232
Texas#683981 in 401
New Hampshire#69161 in 243
Indiana#70851 in 357
New Jersey#73981 in 380
Wyoming#7461 in 212
Idaho#78201 in 319
Louisiana#80531 in 371
Oregon#81411 in 368
Colorado#92541 in 423
Delaware#9291 in 297
Oklahoma#92381 in 445
Arizona#94711 in 445
California#944471 in 472
Arkansas#95291 in 391
New Mexico#96201 in 372
Utah#96451 in 404
Hawaii#99101 in 323
Alaska#10081 in 302
Kentucky#105391 in 471
Rhode Island#11081 in 375
Nevada#119241 in 455

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 2010

girls
#58
4,466 births · 1 in 398 girls
boys
#8,139
9 births · 1 in 213,186 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #58Lauren4,466

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #8,139Lauren9
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 398 of them was named Lauren, which outranked 99.7% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lauren
  1. #55Julia4,677
  2. #56Aaliyah4,673
  3. #57Kylie4,606
  4. #58Lauren4,466
  5. #59Sophie4,416
  6. #60Sydney4,335
  7. #61Camila4,307
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,433Tenley#2,892#459
  2. 2,126Elin#2,852#726
  3. 664Jordynn#1,353#689
  4. 623Kynlee#1,509#886
  5. 513Farrah#1,063#550
Fallers
  1. 502Calleigh#834#1,336
  2. 491Marely#851#1,342
  3. 477Analia#331#808
  4. 417Destiney#900#1,317
  5. 326Dayanara#810#1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 213,186 of them was named Lauren, which outranked 43.0% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lauren
  1. #7,591Zylan10
  2. #7,591Zylen10
  3. #7,591Zyquavious10
  4. #8,139Lauren9
  5. #8,139Aaban9
  6. #8,139Aarik9
  7. #8,139Aarit9
  8. #8,803Aamari8
  9. #8,803Aarron8
  10. #8,803Aasim8

Tied with 663 names at #8,139; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,631Bentlee#3,476#845
  2. 1,735Jencarlos#2,663#928
  3. 1,536Bently#2,203#667
  4. 940Callen#1,638#698
  5. 892Bode#1,665#773
Fallers
  1. 314Dereon#953#1,267
  2. 290Aaden#271#561
  3. 248Landin#935#1,183
  4. 229Rigoberto#920#1,149
  5. 191Dillan#793#984

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

See the top 100 for 2010