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

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Peak · boys
#201
1903 · 77 births
Debut · boys
1880
25 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
39,720
since 1880

Laurence over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Laurence has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #201, 1903boys
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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#14,9425#1,74393
2024—#2,16967
2023—#2,12968
2022#15,3065#2,51754
2021#15,2515#2,25362
2020#12,1427#1,97772
2019#15,5395#2,26561
2018#13,7936#2,23061
2017—#1,97772
2016—#2,33556
2015—#2,23460
2014—#2,25659
2013—#2,62345
2012—#2,44851
2011—#2,54748
2010—#2,87441
2009—#2,32056
2008—#2,40553
2007—#2,33755
2006#17,1685#1,89371
2005—#2,03561
2004—#1,76371
2003—#1,56181
2002#15,4325#1,62074
2001—#1,69968
2000#13,1546#1,64171
1999—#1,37486
1998—#1,24697
1997#12,0706#1,26391
1996#13,5185#1,101109
1995—#997124
1994—#1,113103
1993—#1,118101
1992—#967124
1991—#995116
1990#7,30311#933122
1989#9,6817#825145
1988#8,3918#929106
1987#11,3255#870115
1986—#831119
1985#10,6775#759138
1984—#706153
1983—#747134
1982—#676164
1981—#663167
1980—#683161
1979—#693152
1978#8,5626#713139
1977#8,4446#672158
1976—#621174
1975—#607179
1974—#587184
1973—#552204
1972—#543214
1971—#529231
1970—#466303
1969#6,6176#447302
1968#4,7799#429321
1967#4,9828#407348
1966#6,5645#406350
1965#5,8176#411364
1964#5,4747#364456
1963#5,2967#345503
1962—#342519
1961#3,79312#337540
1960—#344513
1959—#341518
1958—#331541
1957#6,0865#308607
1956—#288651
1955—#284641
1954—#263709
1953#4,5957#250748
1952#3,37211#231845
1951#4,8336#229822
1950—#227807
1949—#226802
1948#4,6516#233768
1947—#232778
1946—#224708
1945—#227591
1944—#233581
1943—#225648
1942#4,6225#219666
1941#4,4205#244524
1940—#211604
1939—#220549
1938#3,8476#246478
1937—#254448
1936—#258432
1935—#261427
1934—#236489
1933—#254426
1932—#244479
1931#3,2268#228518
1930#3,6587#226562
1929#4,0536#217586
1928#2,62312#229573
1927#4,2866#228583
1926—#221610
1925#2,11918#239551
1924#4,4346#237575
1923#3,9717#241543
1922#2,78012#230580
1921#2,94111#223599
1920#2,89911#228550
1919#2,15616#227531
1918#3,02410#222557
1917#3,3448#222495
1916#3,0319#227470
1915#2,9009#222462
1914#3,6185#213379
1913#2,8276#209314
1912#2,6346#204271
1911#1,9567#232121
1910#1,6349#217114
1909#2,2085#23489
1908#1,8626#21791
1907#1,8216#23078
1906#1,4168#21881
1905#1,9315#21877
1904#1,4867#21673
1903—#20177
1902#1,5946#21171
1901—#22360
1900#1,9325#21981
1899#1,1818#20863
1898#1,1719#20174
1897—#20469
1896#1,5835#23559
1895—#23058
1894—#25646
1893#1,4375#23653
1892—#26645
1891#1,0937#25739
1890#1,3385#26842
1889—#30532
1888—#28638
1887—#31128
1886—#25843
1885—#29033
1884—#36024
1883—#30928
1882—#36524
1881—#30728
1880—#34125
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1903 at #201 (77 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 114 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1880–1992
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,548
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 17.3% of all boys named Laurence (6,889) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s303#258 (1886)#313
1890s548#201 (1898)#236
1900s778#201 (1903)#219
1910s3,714#204 (1912)#220
1920s5,750#217 (1929)#229
1930s4,808#220 (1939)#243
1940s6,670#211 (1940)#227
1950s6,889#227 (1950)#275
1960s4,216#337 (1961)#383
1970s1,938#466 (1970)#598
1980s1,402#663 (1981)#769
1990s1,073#933 (1990)#1,111
2000s661#1,561 (2003)#1,927
2010s554#1,977 (2017)#2,379
2020s416#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 1996

girls
#13,518
5 births · 1 in 350,601 girls
boys
#1,101
109 births · 1 in 17,379 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #13,518Laurence5

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #1,101Laurence109
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 350,601 of them was named Laurence, which outranked 14.9% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laurence
  1. #11,807Zorria6
  2. #11,807Zurisadai6
  3. #11,807Zuzanna6
  4. #13,518Laurence5
  5. #13,518Aaleeyah5
  6. #13,518Abbiegail5
  7. #13,518Abigahil5

Tied with 2,376 names at #13,518; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 17,379 of them was named Laurence, which outranked 89.6% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laurence
  1. #1,093Nathen110
  2. #1,093Shyheim110
  3. #1,093Yosef110
  4. #1,101Laurence109
  5. #1,101Cheyenne109
  6. #1,101Deante109
  7. #1,101Kirkland109
  8. #1,107Ashley108
  9. #1,107Claude108
  10. #1,107Marquel108

Tied with 5 names at #1,101; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →