Laurence
Laurence is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 66 births. Its best rank was 201st, in 1898.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 660.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1952845 births
- Best rank
- #201in 1898
- Since 1880
- 39,627people given the name
The story in the numbers
39,627 boys have been named Laurence in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 845 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1950s alone account for 17%. It has spent 114 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Laurence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 303 | |
| 1890s | 548 | |
| 1900s | 778 | |
| 1910s | 3,714 | |
| 1920s | 5,750 | |
| 1930s | 4,808 | |
| 1940s | 6,670 | |
| 1950s | 6,889 | |
| 1960s | 4,216 | |
| 1970s | 1,938 | |
| 1980s | 1,403 | |
| 1990s | 1,073 | |
| 2000s | 661 | |
| 2010s | 554 | |
| 2020s | 322 |
In 1952, its biggest year
Laurence was the 231st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1952 were James, Robert, John, Michael and David. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Laurence
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cliffordpeak 1925
- Carlpeak 1956
- Lawrencepeak 1952
- Meltonpeak 1921
- Benniepeak 1929
- Haywardpeak 1956
- Rogerspeak 1950
- Ralphpeak 1921
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.