Laurence
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #1,743 for boys in 2025, 93 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 77 births
- Debut · boys
- 25 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 39,720since 1880
Laurence over time
Rank among boys' names. Laurence has never cracked the top 200 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 | #14,942 | 5 | #1,743 | 93 |
| 2024 | — | #2,169 | 67 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,129 | 68 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #2,517 | 54 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #2,253 | 62 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #1,977 | 72 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #2,265 | 61 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #2,230 | 61 |
| 2017 | — | #1,977 | 72 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,335 | 56 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,234 | 60 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,256 | 59 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,623 | 45 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,448 | 51 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,547 | 48 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,874 | 41 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,320 | 56 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,405 | 53 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,337 | 55 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,893 | 71 |
| 2005 | — | #2,035 | 61 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,763 | 71 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,561 | 81 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #1,620 | 74 |
| 2001 | — | #1,699 | 68 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #1,641 | 71 |
| 1999 | — | #1,374 | 86 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,246 | 97 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,263 | 91 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #1,101 | 109 |
| 1995 | — | #997 | 124 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,113 | 103 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,118 | 101 | |
| 1992 | — | #967 | 124 | |
| 1991 | — | #995 | 116 | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #933 | 122 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #825 | 145 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #929 | 106 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #870 | 115 |
| 1986 | — | #831 | 119 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #759 | 138 |
| 1984 | — | #706 | 153 | |
| 1983 | — | #747 | 134 | |
| 1982 | — | #676 | 164 | |
| 1981 | — | #663 | 167 | |
| 1980 | — | #683 | 161 | |
| 1979 | — | #693 | 152 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #713 | 139 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #672 | 158 |
| 1976 | — | #621 | 174 | |
| 1975 | — | #607 | 179 | |
| 1974 | — | #587 | 184 | |
| 1973 | — | #552 | 204 | |
| 1972 | — | #543 | 214 | |
| 1971 | — | #529 | 231 | |
| 1970 | — | #466 | 303 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #447 | 302 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | #429 | 321 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #407 | 348 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #406 | 350 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #411 | 364 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #364 | 456 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #345 | 503 |
| 1962 | — | #342 | 519 | |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #337 | 540 |
| 1960 | — | #344 | 513 | |
| 1959 | — | #341 | 518 | |
| 1958 | — | #331 | 541 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #308 | 607 |
| 1956 | — | #288 | 651 | |
| 1955 | — | #284 | 641 | |
| 1954 | — | #263 | 709 | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #250 | 748 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #231 | 845 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #229 | 822 |
| 1950 | — | #227 | 807 | |
| 1949 | — | #226 | 802 | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #233 | 768 |
| 1947 | — | #232 | 778 | |
| 1946 | — | #224 | 708 | |
| 1945 | — | #227 | 591 | |
| 1944 | — | #233 | 581 | |
| 1943 | — | #225 | 648 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #219 | 666 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #244 | 524 |
| 1940 | — | #211 | 604 | |
| 1939 | — | #220 | 549 | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #246 | 478 |
| 1937 | — | #254 | 448 | |
| 1936 | — | #258 | 432 | |
| 1935 | — | #261 | 427 | |
| 1934 | — | #236 | 489 | |
| 1933 | — | #254 | 426 | |
| 1932 | — | #244 | 479 | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #228 | 518 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #226 | 562 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #217 | 586 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #229 | 573 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #228 | 583 |
| 1926 | — | #221 | 610 | |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | #239 | 551 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #237 | 575 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #241 | 543 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #230 | 580 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #223 | 599 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #228 | 550 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | #227 | 531 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #222 | 557 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #222 | 495 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #227 | 470 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #222 | 462 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #213 | 379 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #209 | 314 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #204 | 271 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | #232 | 121 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | #217 | 114 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #234 | 89 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #217 | 91 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #230 | 78 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | #218 | 81 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #218 | 77 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #216 | 73 |
| 1903 | — | #201 | 77 | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #211 | 71 |
| 1901 | — | #223 | 60 | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #219 | 81 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | #208 | 63 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | #201 | 74 |
| 1897 | — | #204 | 69 | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #235 | 59 |
| 1895 | — | #230 | 58 | |
| 1894 | — | #256 | 46 | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | #236 | 53 |
| 1892 | — | #266 | 45 | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | #257 | 39 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #268 | 42 |
| 1889 | — | #305 | 32 | |
| 1888 | — | #286 | 38 | |
| 1887 | — | #311 | 28 | |
| 1886 | — | #258 | 43 | |
| 1885 | — | #290 | 33 | |
| 1884 | — | #360 | 24 | |
| 1883 | — | #309 | 28 | |
| 1882 | — | #365 | 24 | |
| 1881 | — | #307 | 28 | |
| 1880 | — | #341 | 25 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Laurence was already there! It came in at #341, and was given to 25 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 34 boys a year got the name.
See more about Laurence
- 426 spots since 2024 (#2,169 → #1,743)
- 234 spots since 2020 (#1,977 → #1,743)
- 491 spots since 2015 (#2,234 → #1,743)
- Biggest jump: 116 spots in 1995 (#1,113 → #997)
- Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1993 (#967 → #1,118)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1903 at #201 (77 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1880–1992
- Highest: 1 in 1,548 boys born in 1903 were named Laurence (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,366 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 17.3% of all boys named Laurence (6,889) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 303 | #258 (1886) | #313 |
| 1890s | 548 | #201 (1898) | #236 |
| 1900s | 778 | #201 (1903) | #219 |
| 1910s | 3,714 | #204 (1912) | #220 |
| 1920s | 5,750 | #217 (1929) | #229 |
| 1930s | 4,808 | #220 (1939) | #243 |
| 1940s | 6,670 | #211 (1940) | #227 |
| 1950s | 6,889 | #227 (1950) | #275 |
| 1960s | 4,216 | #337 (1961) | #383 |
| 1970s | 1,938 | #466 (1970) | #598 |
| 1980s | 1,402 | #663 (1981) | #769 |
| 1990s | 1,073 | #933 (1990) | #1,111 |
| 2000s | 661 | #1,561 (2003) | #1,927 |
| 2010s | 554 | #1,977 (2017) | #2,379 |
| 2020s | 416 | #1,743 (2025) | #2,131 |
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.
Laurence in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 270,144 of them was named Laurence, which outranked 14.1% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 756 names at #4,622; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 2,074 of them was named Laurence, which outranked 94.6% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).