Laurance
Laurance is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 807th, in 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195647 births
- Best rank
- #807in 1885
- Since 1885
- 1,932people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,932 boys have been named Laurance in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1956, with 47 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 47 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1940s alone account for 19%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Laurance | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | |
| 1900s | 21 | |
| 1910s | 151 | |
| 1920s | 252 | |
| 1930s | 251 | |
| 1940s | 368 | |
| 1950s | 362 | |
| 1960s | 220 | |
| 1970s | 107 | |
| 1980s | 107 | |
| 1990s | 66 | |
| 2000s | 14 | |
| 2010s | 6 |
In 1956, its biggest year
Laurance was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1956 were Michael, James, Robert, David and John. See all of 1956.
Names that rose and fell with Laurance
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Harrellpeak 1947
- Percellpeak 1953
- Thurmondpeak 1948
- Earniepeak 1948
- Rayfordpeak 1937
- Cleophuspeak 1947
- Wymanpeak 1922
- Sammiepeak 1947
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.