Lawrence
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #518 for boys in 2025, 578 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1942 · 7,639 births
- Debut · boys
- 257 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 93 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 461,170since 1880
Lawrence over time
Rank among boys' 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 | #11,932 | 7 | #518 | 578 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #508 | 600 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #558 | 521 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #548 | 541 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #580 | 484 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #562 | 498 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #535 | 530 |
| 2018 | — | #497 | 579 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #492 | 587 |
| 2016 | — | #493 | 614 | |
| 2015 | — | #499 | 582 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #460 | 639 |
| 2013 | — | #474 | 585 | |
| 2012 | — | #452 | 601 | |
| 2011 | — | #453 | 595 | |
| 2010 | — | #457 | 583 | |
| 2009 | — | #441 | 636 | |
| 2008 | — | #429 | 676 | |
| 2007 | — | #392 | 772 | |
| 2006 | — | #406 | 728 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #395 | 725 |
| 2004 | — | #362 | 768 | |
| 2003 | — | #341 | 817 | |
| 2002 | — | #345 | 794 | |
| 2001 | — | #339 | 811 | |
| 2000 | — | #322 | 889 | |
| 1999 | — | #310 | 918 | |
| 1998 | — | #277 | 1,040 | |
| 1997 | — | #285 | 983 | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #256 | 1,116 |
| 1995 | — | #248 | 1,150 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #236 | 1,268 |
| 1993 | — | #196 | 1,551 | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #193 | 1,616 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #181 | 1,734 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #174 | 1,780 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #173 | 1,753 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #150 | 1,861 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | #146 | 1,899 |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | #151 | 1,789 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #144 | 1,941 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #143 | 1,868 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #132 | 2,027 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 | #128 | 2,134 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 | #125 | 2,193 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | #129 | 2,173 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 | #122 | 2,255 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | #113 | 2,245 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 | #115 | 2,311 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | #113 | 2,250 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 | #110 | 2,364 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | #100 | 2,543 |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | #104 | 2,524 |
| 1972 | #2,903 | 23 | #101 | 2,823 |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 | #85 | 3,523 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | #83 | 3,824 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | #71 | 4,044 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | #67 | 4,098 |
| 1967 | #2,117 | 31 | #67 | 4,341 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | #66 | 4,644 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 | #66 | 4,961 |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 | #68 | 5,453 |
| 1963 | #2,489 | 24 | #68 | 5,708 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 | #70 | 5,619 |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 | #67 | 6,094 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 | #64 | 6,380 |
| 1959 | #1,918 | 34 | #62 | 6,601 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 | #52 | 7,539 |
| 1957 | #2,028 | 29 | #46 | 8,741 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 | #42 | 8,898 |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 | #42 | 9,128 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 | #39 | 9,606 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 | #37 | 9,856 |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 | #35 | 10,302 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | #33 | 10,266 |
| 1950 | #2,002 | 23 | #33 | 10,173 |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 | #32 | 10,253 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | #31 | 9,768 |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 | #32 | 9,582 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | #31 | 8,517 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 | #30 | 7,163 |
| 1944 | #1,433 | 32 | #32 | 7,130 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | #32 | 7,583 |
| 1942 | #1,413 | 33 | #30 | 7,639 |
| 1941 | #1,446 | 29 | #34 | 6,653 |
| 1940 | #1,591 | 24 | #36 | 6,173 |
| 1939 | #1,378 | 29 | #36 | 5,882 |
| 1938 | #1,505 | 25 | #36 | 5,873 |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 | #38 | 5,507 |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 | #37 | 5,339 |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 | #35 | 5,351 |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 | #34 | 5,324 |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 29 | #38 | 4,911 |
| 1932 | #1,346 | 30 | #35 | 5,295 |
| 1931 | #1,336 | 30 | #38 | 5,364 |
| 1930 | #1,371 | 31 | #36 | 5,639 |
| 1929 | #1,393 | 30 | #38 | 5,305 |
| 1928 | #1,163 | 43 | #38 | 5,597 |
| 1927 | #1,161 | 44 | #37 | 5,572 |
| 1926 | #1,243 | 39 | #36 | 5,582 |
| 1925 | #1,647 | 26 | #36 | 5,633 |
| 1924 | #1,770 | 24 | #36 | 5,775 |
| 1923 | #1,598 | 27 | #36 | 5,913 |
| 1922 | #1,836 | 22 | #36 | 5,786 |
| 1921 | #1,437 | 32 | #37 | 5,977 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 | #36 | 5,727 |
| 1919 | #1,565 | 26 | #38 | 5,205 |
| 1918 | #1,333 | 33 | #38 | 5,372 |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | #36 | 5,094 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #38 | 4,742 |
| 1915 | #1,339 | 28 | #37 | 4,688 |
| 1914 | #1,444 | 20 | #35 | 3,703 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | #35 | 2,853 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #38 | 2,467 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #37 | 1,221 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | #35 | 1,009 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #35 | 854 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #35 | 815 |
| 1907 | — | #34 | 801 | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #36 | 717 |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | #38 | 669 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | #38 | 662 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | #43 | 536 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #37 | 598 |
| 1901 | — | #37 | 535 | |
| 1900 | — | #40 | 659 | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #40 | 497 |
| 1898 | — | #44 | 533 | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | #41 | 505 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | #46 | 499 |
| 1895 | — | #41 | 509 | |
| 1894 | — | #49 | 430 | |
| 1893 | — | #51 | 395 | |
| 1892 | — | #44 | 468 | |
| 1891 | — | #46 | 389 | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | #52 | 372 |
| 1889 | — | #56 | 342 | |
| 1888 | — | #61 | 343 | |
| 1887 | — | #60 | 283 | |
| 1886 | — | #57 | 331 | |
| 1885 | — | #64 | 288 | |
| 1884 | — | #71 | 262 | |
| 1883 | — | #61 | 282 | |
| 1882 | — | #63 | 287 | |
| 1881 | — | #66 | 244 | |
| 1880 | — | #65 | 257 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lawrence was already there! It came in at #65, and was given to 257 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1889, when fewer than 350 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lawrence
- 10 spots since 2024 (#508 → #518)
- 44 spots since 2020 (#562 → #518)
- 19 spots since 2015 (#499 → #518)
- Biggest jump: 50 spots in 2024 (#558 → #508)
- Biggest drop: 40 spots in 1994 (#196 → #236)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1942 at #30 (7,639 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 29 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 93 yrs · run 1880–1971
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 173 boys born in 1949 were named Lawrence (0.58%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,955 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #30 in 1942, was only 1 in 181 (0.55%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.8% of all boys named Lawrence (91,110) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,919 | #56 (1889) | #62 |
| 1890s | 4,597 | #40 (1899) | #45 |
| 1900s | 6,846 | #34 (1907) | #37 |
| 1910s | 36,354 | #35 (1914) | #37 |
| 1920s | 56,867 | #36 (1923) | #37 |
| 1930s | 54,485 | #34 (1934) | #36 |
| 1940s | 80,461 | #30 (1942) | #32 |
| 1950s | 91,110 | #33 (1951) | #42 |
| 1960s | 51,342 | #64 (1960) | #67 |
| 1970s | 26,662 | #83 (1970) | #105 |
| 1980s | 19,638 | #125 (1981) | #142 |
| 1990s | 13,156 | #174 (1990) | #236 |
| 2000s | 7,616 | #322 (2000) | #377 |
| 2010s | 5,895 | #452 (2012) | #481 |
| 2020s | 3,222 | #508 (2024) | #546 |
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.
Lawrence in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 49,149 of them was named Lawrence, which outranked 68.9% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,605Vessie23
- #1,605Vola23
- #1,605Wenona23
- #1,652Lawrence22
- #1,652Adda22
- #1,652Alfred22
- #1,652Alvin22
- #1,708Alethea21
- #1,708Allyne21
- #1,708Annamay21
Tied with 55 names at #1,652; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 182 of them was named Lawrence, which outranked 99.2% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.