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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 250,430 of them was named Lawrence, which outranked 33.5% 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).
- #9,581Zoraya8
- #9,581Zoua8
- #9,581Zykia8
- #10,567Lawrence7
- #10,567Aaliyha7
- #10,567Aarianna7
- #10,567Aarionna7
- #11,807Aalayah6
- #11,807Aamna6
- #11,807Aarthi6
Tied with 1,239 names at #10,567; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 1,697 of them was named Lawrence, which outranked 97.6% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.